Interior Salish. <em>Pair of Child's Moccasins</em>, 1885–1895. Smoked hide, beads, cut steel beads, 7 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (19.1 x 7.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks, 43.201.72a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 43.201.72a-b_PS2.jpg)

Interior Salish. Pair of Child's Moccasins, 1885–1895. Smoked hide, beads, cut steel beads, 7 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (19.1 x 7.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks, 43.201.72a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 43.201.72a-b_PS2.jpg)

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These moccasins were made for a child by a Salish or Kootenai artist in Montana. Beadwork was a craft practiced by Native American Indian women.

The birth of a child was celebrated through the creation of clothing and other objects the child may need to use. Of course, children would quickly outgrow these gifts, which tells us how important making them was to the artists.

Pair of Child's Moccasins

Arts of the Americas

Vivid blue captures the eye in these Salish or Kootenai child’s moccasins and Sioux storage bag. The blue seed beads on both objects are made of glass colored with cobalt blue. Native women made all the clothing and furnishings for their families and eagerly adopted beads as decorative embellishments because of the vast array of colors and greater convenience.

CULTURES Interior Salish or Crow; possibly Cree

MEDIUM Smoked hide, beads, cut steel beads

Place Made: Montana, United States

DATES 1885–1895

DIMENSIONS 7 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (19.1 x 7.9 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas

ACCESSION NUMBER 43.201.72a-b

CREDIT LINE Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks

PROVENANCE Prior to 1936, provenance not yet documented; before 1936, acquired by Henry Harlow Brooks of New York, NY; by 1943, acquired from the estate of Henry Harlow Brooks by an anonymous donor; October 26,1943, gift of an anonymous donor to the Brooklyn Museum.

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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Child's beaded moccasins decorated with red, orange, and blue stripes on a light blue ground. They have old-style, seam-work typical of Cree. The beads go in two different directions, which is unusual. They have little trail dusters and are made all in one piece with one seam along the side.

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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Interior Salish. Pair of Child's Moccasins, 1885–1895. Smoked hide, beads, cut steel beads, 7 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (19.1 x 7.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks, 43.201.72a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 43.201.72a-b_PS2.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 43.201.72a-b_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008

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RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY

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These moccasins were made for a child by a Salish or Kootenai artist in Montana. Beadwork was a craft practiced by Native American Indian women.