Moccasins
Ethnographic Collections
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Iroquois Moccasins (New York)
circa mid-19th century
Catalog Number: 78-11-3/4
Constructed of leather lined with cotton cloth and wool. The fronts are beaded in a pre-Victorian curvilinear design. -
Ojibwa/Cree Moccasins (Great Lakes/Northeast)
circa 19th century
Catalog Number: 82-1-48/4
Made of native tanned hide with a hard sole of commercial leather sewn together with cotton thread and sinew. A symmetrical floral beaded design decorates both moccasins upper and wraps around to the heel. -
Ottawa/Huron Moccasins (Great Lakes/Northeast)
circa 1900
Catalog Number: 82-1-48/1
Each moccasin is made from a single piece of commercial leather and is sewn with cotton thread. Decorated with black velvet and blue silk, they are trimmed with a Victorian beaded design. -
Cheyenne Child Moccasins (Plains)
circa 19th century
Catalog Number: 82-1-14/4
Fully beaded leather moccasins sewn with sinew. Beads are glass. -
Cheyenne Child Moccasins (Plains)
circa 1890
Catalog Number: 82-1-16/51
Fully beaded child moccasins made of leather and sewn with sinew. Beads are glass. The very tight beading indicates a Cheyenne maker. -
Oglala Lakota Moccasins (Plains)
circa late-19th to early-20th century
Catalog Number: 82-1-16/53
Made by Mrs. American Horse, these moccasins are made with tanned leather, have hard soles and are decorated with red-, yellow- and purple-dyed porcupine quills.
