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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.
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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]
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and tin cone dangles
Object number: 1984.542
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather, porcupine quill, feathers, tin cones, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.535
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew, porcupine quill, yarn, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.533
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
Date: 20th century
Medium: Glass beads, metal washers, brass US millitary button, cotton, thread
Object number: 2024.3.7
Date: c. 1870-75
Medium: Leather with dentalium shells and trade beads
Object number: 1984.456
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Tanned leather, sinew, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.532
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537