Pair of caribou skin moccasins [.1-.2] bound with ribbon and embroidered with floral design. [SM (Verve) 25/03/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pair of caribou skin moccasins [.1-.2] bound with ribbon and embroidered with floral design. [SM (Verve) 25/03/2014]
Long description: Pair of caribou skin moccasins [.1-.2] bound with ribbon and embroidered with floral design. The foot opening is bound with blue ribbon and a strip of red flannel binds the ankle. The vamp is embroidered with yarn in a simple floral design and piped with split bird quill, which is red, and coiled in an open spiral on the white bird-quill filler. The heel seam is welted. The stitching is in sinew. [SM (Verve) 25/03/2014]
Geographical reference: Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada; Northern Manitoba
Cultural groups: Nehiyawak
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1966
Date collected: By 1966
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Animal Sinew, Material Ribbon Textile, Material Caribou Skin Deer Animal, Material Bird Quill, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Material Pigment, Process Embroidered, Process Bound, Process Quillwork, Process Stitched, Process Woven, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Length: max 90 mm, Length: max 227 mm, Width: max 90 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.690.1 Accession number: 1966.1.690.2 Other numbers: 5 652

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