Pair Of Moccasins (Part Of Clothing Set) Item Number: E328769-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Procured between the years 1850 - 1860. One piece of tanned skin sewed with sinew at center front and back. Lighter piece of white deerskin with floral design in green, red, and pink yarn. Colored quilled plaiting in two colors at border of top piece."Clothing set E328766, E328767, and E328768 is illus. Fig. 8, p. 53 in Thompson, Judy, 1999, "Marketing Tradition: Late Nineteenth-Century Gwich'in Clothing Ensembles," American Indian Art Magazine, 24(4). Identified there as Gwichi'in type. Because E328769 is identified as part of this clothing set as well on cards for E328766 - 8, it has also been listed as possibly Gwich'in.
Item History
- Made in Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected by Bernard R. Ross in Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Received on June 3, 1925
What
- Name
- Pair Of Moccasins (Part Of Clothing Set)
- Identification Number
- E328769-0
- Type of Item
- moccasin
Who
- Culture
- Kutchin ?
- Field Collector
- Bernard R. Ross
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected in
- Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on June 3, 1925
Other
- Accession Number
- 087699