Culture/People:

Mohawk [Kahnawake]  Search this

Previous owner:

Valdemar T. Hammer (V. T. Hammer), Non-Indian, 1869-1935  Search this

Possible seller:

Valdemar T. Hammer (V. T. Hammer), Non-Indian, 1869-1935  Search this

Object Name:

Moccasins

Media/Materials:

Hide, wool cloth, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, ribbon, thread

Techniques:

Sewn, overlay beadwork, edge beaded

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Place:

Kahnawake Reserve (Caughnawaga Reserve); Montérégie Region; Québec; Canada

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Valdemar T. Hammer (1869-1935, a Connecticut manufacturer and collector of Egyptian antiquities); purchased by MAI in 1933, possibly from Valdemar Hammer.

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Catalog Number:

18/4837

Barcode:

184837.000

See related items:

Mohawk [Kahnawake]

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws666d8f9d1-02d8-4431-b77b-2f9905dbb754

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_197339