Moccasin Item Number: D2.39 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

One rawhide skin moccasin with the sole sewn on and sewn up the back. Fringe at back and on tongue. Cotton binding on top of ankle pieces. Beaded on top with a large green triangle from which emanates two dark blue protrusions on a light blue background outlined with dark blue. The sides are beaded with red triangles having a yellow centre and outlined with dark blue on a light blue background.

Narrative

The donor said the objects in his donation should be known as the Hillyard Mitchell collection. Mitchell (1852-1923) spent much of his working life in the Northwest Territories, later moving to Victoria, B.C. The donor also said the collection came from his grandfather, F. Carson, who had gone to Saskatchewan in 1861 as a boy of 15, and stayed until 1918. He was a fur trader and trapper, working mainly amongst the Cree, and was recorded having been at Duck Lake and Prince Albert, Sask. It is now uncertain which objects were collected by Mitchell vs collected by F. Carson.