Moccasin
| Object Number: | 45-15-479A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Seminole |
| Provenience: | United States of America Florida Big Cypress Band |
| Culture Area: | Southeast Culture Area |
| Date Made: | ca. 1870 |
| Late Date: | 1878 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Buckskin |
| Length: | 26.67 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
Description
Man's moccasins made of one piece of smoke-tanned buckskin. Straight heel and instep seams sewn with buckskin thong. Toe is puckered with a triangle of buckskin upstanding. Long thongs for lacing around the shank. The moccasins are very well worn with holes in both soles.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Spotlight: Walk Softly on this Land ( Nov 2019 - Apr 2020) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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