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Beaded Moccasin

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Date
1890 – 1910
Material
skin, deer; fibre, silk; hair, horse
Catalogue Number
103.03.0008
Description
A single soft moccasin with a centre seam and an ankle flap with leather thongs to tie at the ankle. A separate vamp is outlined with many rows of horsehair wrapped with red and green silk thread.
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Title
Beaded Moccasin
Date
1890 – 1910
Material
skin, deer; fibre, silk; hair, horse
Dimensions
25.0 cm
Description
A single soft moccasin with a centre seam and an ankle flap with leather thongs to tie at the ankle. A separate vamp is outlined with many rows of horsehair wrapped with red and green silk thread.
Subject
Indigenous
Tsuut’ina
Slavey
regalia
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.03.0008
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