Moccasins - 1 Pr. Item Number: E316642-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Ruth Demmert, Virginia Oliver, and Florence Sheakley made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. These moccasins feature size 10 beads and the inner lining looks like baby seal fur. Florence commented that her mother used to make this kind of slipper with a high top for male dancers.
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Rev. Sheldon Jackson in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from Bureau Of American Ethnology on July 16, 1921
What
- Name
- Moccasins - 1 Pr.
- Identification Number
- E316642-0
- Type of Item
- moccasin
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Rev. Sheldon Jackson
- Received from
- Bureau Of American Ethnology
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on July 16, 1921
Other
- Accession Number
- 066880