smoked deer hide; porcupine quills, cream and dyed orange and blue, moose or deer hair dyed red and blue; brownish silk ribbon; metal cones;

The moccasins have a pointed toe gathered onto the front flap, a heel dart and rectangular ankle flaps. Over the centre seam on the vamp are bands of loom woven quillwork, which is also sewn to the silk ribbon-edged cuffs. A line of zig-zag band quill embroidery covers heel seams and quill embroidery in zig-zag band stitch borders the woven quillwork on the cuffs and vamp. An additional line of dome shapes are embroidered in a single stitch along upper the borders of the cuffs. A fringe of metal tinkle cones and hair has been attached to the bottom edge of the cuffs.

Zig zags, chained diamonds, and dome shapes.

Based on stylistic similarities to moccasins attributed to this period.
The museum's catalogue record notes a typewritten label attached to the moccasins, which reads "Iroquois, early 19th century, Canada."

unknown

Phelps, Steven. 1976 Art and artefacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas : the James Hooper Collection / [by] Steven Phelps Hutchinson [for Christie, Manson & Woods] (London) p. 328, 344 and 345.

Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.

This record was created during a GRASAC research visit to The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, April 2007.

On-site researchers: Cory Willmott, Laura Peers, Ruth Phillips, Keith Jamieson, Alan Corbiere, Sally-Ann Coupar.