Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0010 a,b
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins shaped to the foot and sewn around the sole. Each moccasin has an ankle flap with leather thongs for tying. They are decorated with very simple three and four petalled flowers and leaves embroidered on the instep with pink, red and blue silk thread.
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 25.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of soft moccasins shaped to the foot and sewn around the sole. Each moccasin has an ankle flap with leather thongs for tying. They are decorated with very simple three and four petalled flowers and leaves embroidered on the instep with pink, red and blue silk thread.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- Cree
- decorative
- needlework
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0010 a,b
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0002
- Description
- A white rectangular grass linen place mat (probably for use on a tray) with blue stitching around the edge. The mat is embroidered with various colours about one quarter of the way down from the top. The embroidered design is a horizontal line with a pagoda at the centre and figures on each side…
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- Title
- Place Mat
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 47.0 cm
- Description
- A white rectangular grass linen place mat (probably for use on a tray) with blue stitching around the edge. The mat is embroidered with various colours about one quarter of the way down from the top. The embroidered design is a horizontal line with a pagoda at the centre and figures on each side of the pagoda. There is a figure of a coolie carrying a yoke with a basket and bag on the right hand side, and two figures carrying a closed carriage on the left.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0002
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