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showshoes and moccasins, miniature
showshoes and moccasins, miniature
showshoes and moccasins, miniature
A pair of miniature moccasins and a miniature snowshoe, probably made for the souvenir trade. Souvenirs of this kind were made under the auspices of Canadian government economic development programs such as the Department of Indian Affairs Welfare Training Division which began in the 1930s. Miniature items, such as these, were often intended to be made into brooches.
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snowshoe: wood; cotton thread; paint; tuffs of woolen yarn in blue and red mocassins: white unsmoked hide; cotton thread; porcupine quills
The snowshoe has a wooden frame with cotton thread webbing and tufts of blue and red woolen yarn. The moccasins are puckered-toe style with inset vamps, separate cuffs ad T-heel seams. They are decorated with one little stitch of quillwork.
wood frames, cotton thread webbing, paint, tuffs of woolen yarn in blue and red mocassins: white unsmoked hide, cotton thread, porcupine quills ;
Probably made as souvenirs, to sell to tourists.
On-site researchers: souvenirs of this kind were made under the auspices of Canadian government economic development programs such as the Department of Indian Affairs Welfare Training Division which began in the 1930s. The intended use of such items was often as a pin or brooch.
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Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.
This record was created on April 9 2007 as part of a GRASAC research trip to Scotland.
On-site researchers: Cory Willmott, Heidi Bohaker, Laura Peers, Ruth Phillips, Keith Jamieson, Alan Corbiere, Alison Brown, Patricia Allan