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Object Number
88-51-10/50795
Display Title
Pair moccasins with moosehair embroidery
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Moccasins, leather, moosehair embroidered, metal cylinders w/ horsehair fringe
Classification
- Moccasin
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mohawk
- Huron
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Leather, Moosehair, Metal, Horsehair
Dimensions
Overall: 22.4 x 9.5 x 7.5 cm (8 13/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1 pair and 1 metal and horsehair fragment, bagged
Label on object
50795 & (green dot)
Credit Line
Exchange with the Smithsonian Institution, 1888
Provenance
Owner
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
Collector
George Catlin
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