Ribbon applique moccasins

Titles: Ribbon applique moccasins (Supplied title)

Description: Pair of deerskin moccasins decorated with silk fabric strips and triangles done in reverse applique and green silk feather stitch embroidery. Faded blue and brown silk plied thread decorates the vamp seam. Possibly Ojibwe or Ho Chunk.

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: 1544.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 1/4 inches height (1544.A)
• 4 inches width (1544.A)
• 9 1/2 inches length (1544.A)
• 4 inches height (1544.B)
• 3 1/4 inches width (1544.B)
• 9 1/2 inches length (1544.B)

Subjects

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