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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist
Datec. 1875
MediumLeather with glass beads, porcupine quill, dyed horsehair-filled tin cone dangles, and cotton cloth
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (8.9 × 10.8 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.540a-b
Not on view
DescriptionPair of quill and beadwork moccasins.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2011
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.).
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.).
Provenance
1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on right moccasin: NA Pl 14a / E/97 [with strike-through]; in ink on left moccasin: NA Pl 14a; E/97 [with strike-through]
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and tin cone dangles
Object number: 1984.542
Unknown artist
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather, porcupine quill, feathers, tin cones, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.535
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Tanned leather, sinew, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.532
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew and glass seed beads
Object number: 1984.534
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, metal, and coin
Object number: 1984.538
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with brass tacks, glass beads, sinew, and thread
Object number: 1984.539
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew, porcupine quill, yarn, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.533
Karen Hampton
Date: 2001
Medium: Natural dyes and hand-stitching on found cotton tea towel
Object number: 2016.13
Jeffrey Gibson
Date: 2015
Medium: Glass and plastic beads, tin cones, steel and brass studs, nylon fringe, and artificial sinew on repurposed wool army blanket, mounted on repurposed canvas punching bag with steel chain
Object number: 2016.5
Sean Paul
Date: 2005
Medium: Printed fabric on stretcher
Object number: 2012.3.17