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Object Number
15-36-10/86635
Display Title
Child's seal skin moccasins
Descriptions
Object Description
Child's seal skin moccasins. Moccasins of sealskin in the hair, round toe, red cloth fronts with beaded designs. Lined inside (Fort Wrangell band)
Inventory Description
Moccasins, fur exterior, red felt upper with beaded decoration, cloth interior
Classification
- Moccasin
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1915
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Wrangell Borough
/
Fort Wrangell
Materials
Sealskin Cloth Glass beads
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 4.8 x 4.6 cm (5 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
86635
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Collector
James A. Teit
(?)
Seller
James A. Teit
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