moccasins

moccasins

moccasins

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moccasins

Date Made or Date Range: 1700s to 1925
Materials

hide, deerfabric?, redthread?, red: The MNAEF record for this item states that the moccasins are made of deer hide [di cervo].

Other Notes

dimension width refers to maximum width.

Dimensions: 20 × 12 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

This MNAEF record for this item states it was collected by Mrs. Kingsmith Mavies and was acquired by the museum in 1925 through Giglioli.

Current Location: Museo di Antropologia e Etnologia, Florence, Italy
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 20131
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1925
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Mrs. Kingsmith Mavies
Collection Narratives and Histories

This MNAEF record for this item states it was collected by Mrs. Kingsmith Mavies and was acquired by the museum in 1925 through Giglioli. A note added to the MNAEF's record at a later date, written in English, states that the moccasins were made for sale.

Source for Provenance information

The MNAEF record calls the items as moccasins, and the MNAEF catalogue calls them slippers [pantofole].

GKS Reference Number: 25388
Record Creation Context

This record was created as part of a research project, funded by a Faculty Research Grant from the Canadian Embassy in Italy in August 2007, Emanuela Rossi.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Stacey Loyer helped with the translation for this record.

Approximate Place of Origin

46.8139, -71.208

Source of Information about Places

The MNAEF record for this item describes it as North American [America Sett.]

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