Deerskin dyed black, silk ribbon, very small white beads and thread; with paper backing underneath the silk ribbon and the deerskin.

Made with very narrow vamp has been inset with puckering.

Features chained diamonds with X shaped beaded forms, large double curve motif, and small loops on the edge of the double curve.

Seems to be a transition between central and inset vamp style moccasins (noted by Ruth Phillips).

Length and width indicated as "L9xw at ankle 16," with the length presumably recording in inches rather than cm.

Johann Georg Schwarz collected this item, possibly when he traveled to Detroit and through Upper Canada in the winter of 1820-1821.

Johann Georg Schwarz traveled to Detroit and through Upper Canada in the winter of 1820-1821.

Unknown Indigenous artist, unfinished moccasins. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 12019 a,b. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 59013.

In January of 2016, a small team of GRASAC researchers visited the collection to study and photograph it: Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake). This GKS record was created in December 2021 by GRASAC RA Amelia Healey.

Created using spreadsheet with information made by Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake).