Culture/People:

Tuscarora  Search this

Previous owner:

Moses Fielding, Mohegan, 1833-1897  Search this

Abel E. Brooks (A.E. Brooks), Non-Indian, 1833-1917  Search this

Object Name:

Moccasins

Media/Materials:

Hide, cotton cloth, velveteen, glass bead/beads

Techniques:

Sewn, lined, appliquéd, raised beadwork, overlay beadwork, edge beaded

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Place:

Ontario, New York; Canada, USA (inferred)

Date created:

1860-1890

Collection History:

Formerly owned by Moses Fielding (Mohegan, 1833-1897); acquired by Abel E. Brooks (1833-1917, a renowned collector of Civil War firearms) from Moses Fielding at an unknown date; acquired by George Heye from an unknown source in 1906.

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Catalog Number:

1/1148

Barcode:

011148.000

See related items:

Tuscarora

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67dcaa162-5d99-491c-b318-9b14c88014d7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_11977