2017.103.8.1

Collection type

Object

Description

A decoration panel for a moccasin, one of a pair. It is elaborately decorated with white, blue, pink and gold beadwork. For the other see [2017.103.8 .2]. [JMC 20/7/2018]

Long description

A decoration panel for a moccasin, one of a pair, elaborately decorated with beadwork. It is U-shaped, a covering for the vamp of the moccasin, and comprises a textile panel sewn onto a sheet of handmade paper. The beadwork forms a floral pattern and is made up of white, blue, pink and gold beads, with each colour having two types of bead: opaque and clear. The panel has a border of white beads. For the other in the pair see [2017.103.8 .2]. [JMC 3/8/2018]

Geographical reference

Canada

Northern America > North America > Canada

United States of America

Northern America > North America > United States of America

Cultural groups

Haudenosaunee

Person

Field collector Raymond Wilkes

PRM source David Wilkes

Date / Period

Date made: 1850-1950

Acquisition information

Donated: 30/08/2016

Materials and processes

Material Textile, Material Bead, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Paper Plant, Process Stitched, Process Beadwork

Dimensions

Width: max 198 mm, Length: max 139 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2017.103.8.1 Other numbers: 26

Research and responses

These moccasin decoration panels are part of a collection put together by English Hobbyist Raymond Wilkes. The collection combines English, European or North American-made hobbyist material, some objects made by Wilkes himself, and some Native American-made objects. These panels are thought to have been made by Iroquois or Haudenosaunee poeple in the late 19th or early 20th Century. [JMC 20/2/2019]

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