Moccasins
Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) from William Guy Spittal (owner of Iroqrafts, Ontario, Canada) in 1971; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1960-1970
- Catalog Number
- 25/1539
- Barcode
- 251539.000
- Culture/People
- Mohawk [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
- Artist/Maker
- Ga Hawe (Ga'Hawe), Mohawk [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
- Previous seller
- William Guy Spittal (William Guy Spittall), Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
- Donor
- Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian
- Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- Object Name
- Moccasins
- Media/Materials
- Cornhusk, thread
- Techniques
- Braided, sewn
- Dimensions
- 23.5 x 8 cm
- Place
- Six Nations Grand River Reserve; Brant County, Haldimand County; Ontario; Canada (inferred)
- See related items
- Mohawk [Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford, Ontario]
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- Record ID
- NMAI_267391
