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Beaded child's moccasins
Beaded child's moccasins
Object Number 995-29-10/73436
Display Title Beaded child's moccasins
Descriptions
Object Description Pair of Iroquois child's soft-soled moccasins constructed of medium brown leather with a T-seam at the heel and the toe gathered onto the vamp with no tongue. A separate 4.5 cm cuff of black velveteen is attached at its top and bottom edges to the shoe. The vamp is backed by a firm leather lining behind the beadwork and the rest of the shoe and the cuff are lined in a brown plain weave fabric. Around the opening a binding of scarlet grosgrain ribbon, 2.25 cm wide, folded over the edge and hand sewn with red thread in a long running stitch. The ends of the ribbon are loose in front and long enough to tie in a bow. 5 cm from the edge of the cuff is a broken line border of diagonal 6-bead lazy stitch in large white and smaller dark blue beads. The vamp inset is dark blu[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Moccasins, small, hide, fabric and velvet upper, ribbon edge, beadwork deco
Classification
  • Moccasin
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1960
Culture
  • Tuscarora
  • Tuscarora
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New York
North America / Canada / Ontario
Additional Geographic Terms Niagara Falls
Materials Leather, Fabric, Velvet, Ribbon, Glass, Thread, Bead, Glass
Dimensions Overall: 12.8 x 6.4 x 6.8 cm (5 1/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1 pair
Label on object 995-29-10/73436
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1979 - 1993)
Dealer Wintermute's Antique Show (1979)
Donor Estate of Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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