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1931.83.12.1

One of a pair of deerskin moccasins decorated with beadwork.

1931.83.12.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
One of a pair of deerskin moccasins decorated with beadwork.
Long description
One of a pair of deerskin moccasins with tongues, ankle-flaps and thongs for fastening. Vamps decorated with beadwork (lane stitch) in red, blue and white (quartered design). For the other in the pair see [1931.83.12 .2]. [JMC 13/11/2019]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source James Thomas Hooper
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1931
Date collected
By 1931
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1931
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Deer Skin Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Animal Sinew, Process Beadwork, Process Embroidered, Process Stitched, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 255 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1931.83.12.1 Other numbers: Moc 23
Research and responses

These were originally catalogued as Nez Perce. However they are displayed as Shoshoni and their label states 'Flathead, Shoshoni or Nez Perce'.

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