Ojibwe embroidered moccasins

Titles: Ojibwe embroidered moccasins (Supplied title)

Description: These finely embroidered moccasins are Ojibwe in origin, having been given to Helen A. Carver by an Ojibwe woman to 'in appreciation of protection at the Fort during the war between the states'. They are made of deer skin with pinked cuff. The vamp or insert is decorated with an embroidered floral motif and the cuff is decorated with similar embroidered floral motive and trimmed with green silk ribbon.

Dates

• Not earlier than 1860 - Not later than 1865 (Creation)

Creation

• collected by: Carver, Miss Helen A.
• about: Carver, Henry Ladd

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 2456.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

• 2 1/2 inches height (2456.A)
• 3 3/4 inches width (2456.A)
• 8 1/4 inches length (2456.A)
• 2 1/2 inches height (2456.B)
• 3 3/4 inches width (2456.B)
• 8 1/4 inches length (2456.B)

Subjects

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