Moccasins
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Valdemar T. Hammer (1869-1935, a Connecticut manufacturer and collector of Egyptian antiquities); purchased by MAI in 1933, possibly from Valdemar Hammer.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 18/4837
- Barcode
- 184837.000
- Culture/People
- Mohawk [Kahnawake]
- Previous owner
- Valdemar T. Hammer (V. T. Hammer), Non-Indian, 1869-1935
- Possible seller
- Valdemar T. Hammer (V. T. Hammer), Non-Indian, 1869-1935
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- Object Name
- Moccasins
- Media/Materials
- Hide, wool cloth, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, ribbon, thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork, edge beaded
- Place
- Kahnawake Reserve (Caughnawaga Reserve); Montérégie Region; Québec; Canada
- See related items
- Mohawk [Kahnawake]
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- Record ID
- NMAI_197339
- Usage
- CC0
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