Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Mohawk (Kanienʼkehá꞉ka) (?) Search this
Object Type:
Moccasin
Place:
St. Lawrence River, United States / Canada, North America
Accession Date:
21 Oct 1881
Notes:
From card: "1 black painted or dyed moccasin; 6 piece pattern: (1) foot and lower sides, puckered to (2) long U-shaped insert; (3 and 4) narrow horizontal strips between #1 and (5 and 6) ankle flaps. Decoration: border and leaf designs with double-curve in fine stitch quilled lines on U-insert and ankle flaps. Edging of ankle flaps is cloth. Dr. [William N.] Fenton, BAE, stated this type of moccasin probably Huron or Mohawk from vicinity Catholic Missions, late 18th or early 19th century. The floral designs may reflect French influence. - Feb. 17, 1948."
Decoration includes floral quillwork or moose hair work.
Decoration is floral moose hair embroidery, per Richard Zane Smith, Wyandot, 6-14-2013
