Moccasin
| Object Number: | NA4946B |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Huron Cree Huron-Wendat |
| Provenience: | Canada Maritime Province Quebec Wendake |
| Culture Area: | Northeast Culture Area |
| Date Made: | Ca. 1825 |
| Early Date: | 1755 |
| Late Date: | 1850 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Porcupine Quill Porcupine Hair Moose Hide Metal Alloy Moose Hair Silk Ribbon Sinew Deer Skin Moose Hair |
| Credit Line: | Gift of William H. Miller, 1916 |
| Other Number: | 100369 - Field No SF |
Description
Pair of man's moccasins made of moosehide and likely deer skin, and decorated with porcupine quill, moosehair embroidery, porcupine guard hair, tin cones made of a tin-iron alloy, sinew, and silk ribbon. The moccasins were transferred to the Museum by Sarah Wistar Pennock [1840-1909], the wife of prominent Quaker William Miller [b. 1837 ] of Media, PA.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Spotlight: Walk Softly on this Land ( Nov 2019 - Apr 2020) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 326 Second row, center | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] 1972. American Indian Art: Form and Tradition.. New York. E.P. Dutton and Co., Inc. pg. 154 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 127/Cat No 312 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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