moccasins

moccasins

moccasins

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Introduction

Tanned hide moccasins with silk embroidery and silk ribbons, featuring a symmetrical floral design.

Nation of Maker: Cree Maskêkowiyiniwak (Swampy Cree) Mushkegowuk (Western James Bay Cree) Omushkego (Winisk-Swampy Cree) Métis
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

British Museum Catalog Card.

Place of Origin: Ontario or Manitoba, CAN
Date Made or Date Range: 19 C
Materials

Made of tanned hide (deer?), silk embroidery thread; green, blue, pink, silk ribbon bow; grey or black?

Techniques or Format

Moccasins have no ankle flaps. The vamp is not smoked.

Motifs and Patterns

A symmetrical floral pattern decorates the vamp.

Dimensions: 24 × 0 × 0 cm
Condition: Good.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

British Museum Catalog Card.

Current Location: British Museum, London, UK
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Am1926,0313.78
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1926
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1800s
Collection Narratives and Histories

Sir W. E. Parry.

GKS Reference Number: 24873
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Cree/Métis artist, moccasins. Currently in the British Museum, Am1926,0313.78. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 24873.

Record Creation Context

Record created as part of practicum, winter 2009.

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