Beaded moccasins

Titles: Beaded moccasins (Supplied title)

Description: This pair of leather moccasins has black velvet cuffs and vamps decorated with metal faceted and glass seed beads in floral motif. The cuff and tongue are trimmed with purple silk ribbon which serves as tie closure. Made by Ojibwe Indians and dated circa 1860-1901.

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: 1859.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 (1859.A)
• 3 3/4 inches width (1859.A)
• 9 3/4 inches length (1859.A)
• 3 1/4 inches height (1859.B)
• 3 3/4 inches width (1859.B)
• 9 3/4 inches length (1859.B)

Subjects

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