Embroidered and quilled moccasins

Titles: Embroidered and quilled moccasins (Supplied title)

Description: This pair of deerskin moccasins have vamps and inserts that are decorated with chain embroidered floral motif with an outside row of dyed quill pieces and horsehair cording. The floral crewel work is very intricate. These moccasins could be Dakota or Ojibwe.

Dates

• Approximately 1860 - Approximately 1901 (Date range based on time Bishop Whipple spent in Minnesota working for various government commissions for Indian Affairs) (Creation)

Creation

• collected by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1858.A,B

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 pair items

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 3 inches height (1858.A)
• 3 1/2 inches width (1858.A)
• 9 inches length (1858.A)
• 3 inches height (1858.B)
• 3 1/2 inches width (1858.B)
• 9 inches length (1858.B)

Subjects

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