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Object Number 40-39-10/19409
Display Title Moccasin--skin with rawhide sole; top, horizontal rows of porcupine quills
Descriptions
Object Description Moccasin--skin with rawhide sole; top, horizontal rows of cerise and black porcupine quills; beaded border around toe in dark blue in light blue; fringed tongue wrapped with fibre; fringe at back of heel
Inventory Description Moccasin, quilled and beaded stripe design on leather, fabric lining
Classification
  • Moccasin
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Arapaho?
  • Gros Ventre?
  • Western Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 26 x 10 cm (3 1/8 x 10 1/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-39-10/19409
Provenance
Collector Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (1872-1902)
Donor Mr. Patrick T. Jackson (1940)
Donor Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (1940)

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