moccasins

moccasins

moccasins

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Introduction

One pair of moccasins of hard-sole type with beadwork decoration; "obtained from an Ojibwa woman, Turtle Mountain, North Dakota"; Anishinaabe

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

written on catalogue card

Place of Origin: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

cataloge card and additional informations by N.Stolle

Materials

brain tanned deer hide, commercially tanned leather, linen, cotton cloth, red wool cloth, cotton yarn, seed beads (white dark blue, red-white inside, green)

Techniques or Format

hard-sole moccasin type; made of soft upper part with flap (commercially tanned leather) and attached hard shoe-sole; upper part completely decorated with beadwork (overlay stich); edges bound with cotton cloth; sewing done with cotton yarn

Motifs and Patterns

geometric design: stepped triangle plus single cross

Condition: fair, moth-eaten; used
Current Location: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, Germany
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: IV-B-6496 a, b
GKS Reference Number: 1074
Record Creation Context

Created by Nikolaus Stolle during a research visit to the museum commissioned by Ruth Phillips and supported by her research funds.

Approximate Place of Origin

42.3314, -83.0458

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