moccasins
moccasins
moccasins










moccasins with quillwork on cuff and vamp, collected by Arthur Speyer, formerly in collection of Captain Fuller, Onkwehonwe (Seneca, Hodenosaunee), 1800s - 1830.
Museum documentation
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tanned, smoked hide. Porcupine quills in (red-faded to orange), blue-faded, white, yellow. White size 10ish beads.
Virtuoso. Quillwork techniques: 4 quilled diamond, simple line, zig zag bands
3 lobed motifs, wavy lines, interconnected circles (concentric)-- J Brant says you can see original of inspiration for ribbon work in these designs. Alternation and repetition of colours. Alternating bands of red and blue quillwork.
An animated design, a lot of movement. Circles on vamps -- dancing figures? a forward orientation to the design (JMoses)
Judy Hall suggests Dorothy Burhman did sketches of moccasin designs. These sketches are in the CMC archives. Should be attached to the record for this item.
John Moses discusses how CCI is gauging fade rates of pre-industrial/non-analyine dyes.
CMC card says 1830
Provenance
from CMC "formerly in the collection of Capt. Fuller. Attached label reads: "1067 A. Sp" and"Given by H.G. Beasley, 26 April, 1925. Need to locate this Captain Fuller and his service record.
About This GRASAC Record
Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.
GRASAC sponsored research trip to the CMC, June 16 to 20. Supported by the SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant, 2007-2010
Researchers present: Jonathan Lainey (JL), Ruth Phillips (RP), Judy Hall (JH), Stacey Loyer (SL), Anne de Stecher (AS), Heidi Bohaker (HB), Aaron Mills (AM). Also from the CMC: John Moses (JMoses) and Jameson Brant (JBrant).














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