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Pair of Moccasins
Accession # 43.201.64a-b
Culture Hodinöhsö:ni’
Title Pair of Moccasins
Date mid-late 19th century
Medium Hide, porcupine quills, glass beads, silk ribbon
Dimensions 3 1/4 x 10 x 4 in. (8.3 x 25.4 x 10.2 cm)
Credit Line Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks
Location American Identities: Colony to Nation / Inventing American Landscape
Description Pair of moccasins cut in one piece. Each has seams down the back, on two side flaps, and in the center of the upper area. Moccasins are decorated with linear, zigzag, and double-curve motif quillwork in orange, blue, red, and white. Flaps are edged with beadwork on cotton cloth. Condition: good.