Dakota embroidered miniature moccasins

Titles: Dakota embroidered miniature moccasins (Supplied title)

Description: A pair of miniature leather moccasins with cuffs trimmed in faded green-gray silk ribbon, Dakota, circa the early 20th century or earlier. The vamp is embroidered with faded green-gray and gold silk thread. They have a faded green-gray silk ribbon tie closure.

Dates

• Not later than 10/1908 (Presented to Mrs. Evangeline Whipple by Mrs. Julia Walker Lawrence on visit to Birch Coulee, October 1908.) (Use)

Creation

• owned/used by: Dike, Major William H.
• presented by: Lawrence, Mrs. Julia Walker
• received by: Whipple, Evangeline Marrs Simpson
• collected by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1977.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

• 1 1/2 inches height
• 1 1/2 inches width
• 3 inches length

Subjects

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