Moccasins
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Native art collector Stephen Polyak; purchased by MAI from Stephen Polyak in 1955.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1870-1890
- Catalog Number
- 22/4666
- Barcode
- 224666.000
- Culture/People
- Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)
- Previous owner
- Stephen Polyak, Non-Indian
- Seller
- Stephen Polyak, Non-Indian
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- Object Name
- Moccasins
- Media/Materials
- Hide, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads, thread
- Techniques
- Ribbonwork appliqué, sewn, edge beaded
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 9.5 x 11.2 cm
- Place
- Great Lakes region; Canada, USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- Record ID
- NMAI_239241
- Usage
- CC0
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