moccasins

moccasins

moccasins

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Introduction

Baby or child's moccasins. Haudenosaunee.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

Hodenosaunee

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Created with information from the British Museum accession record and observations made by the GRASAC research team.

Materials

Commercially tanned hide. Brown velvet vamp and cuff. Beads pink, transluscent red, transluscent yellow, light orange, light blue, medium blue, green, white transluscent, transluscent grey. Red cotton tape edging cuff.

Motifs and Patterns

Floral motif with monochromatic shading on vamp. Cuff has floral motif and leafy branch design.

Dimensions: 15 × 5 × 0 cm
Condition: Good
Current Location: British Museum, London, UK
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Am1929,1216.19
GKS Reference Number: 24611
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Haudenosaunee artist, moccasins. Currently in the British Museum, Am1929,1216.19. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 24611.

Record Creation Context

This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), John Borrows (JB), Lindsay Borrows (LB), Darlene Johnston (DJ), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Cory Willmott (CW).

Approximate Place of Origin

44.736, -88.788