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Collection: Warnock
Item Number: WC8411004
Category: Moccasins
Region: Northeast
Tribe: Huron
Period: 1800-1825
Materials: Native tanned and black dyed deerskin; dyed moosehair; red silk ribbon.
Description: Soft sole moccasins with intricate moosehair embroidery on vamps. Moccasins have added hide side flaps which are also fully decorated with moosehair embroidery. Embroidery consists of floral motifs in red, blue, peach, and light yellow. Deerskin is dyed black overall.
Dimensions: Length 9 inches 22.8 cm
Provenance:
Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.
Exhibitions:
Splendid Heritage, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, May 27, 1995 - September 27, 1995
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, October 23, 1998 - October 3, 1999
Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010
References:
Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 156
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