Moccasins

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Photograph by John Bentham.
Moccasins
Photograph by John Bentham.
Datedate unknown
MediumLeather with beads
DimensionsOverall (each): 11 7/16 × 3 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (29 × 9.5 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ethel T. Cameron
Object number1984.1.1a-b
Not on view
DescriptionPair of moccasins with hard rawhide soles and soft beaded leather tops.

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.).
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by gift of Ethel T. Cameron.
Moccasins
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, porcupine quill, dyed horsehair-filled tin cone dangles, and cotton cloth
Object number: 1984.540a-b
Belt
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with brass tacks, glass beads, sinew, and thread
Object number: 1984.539
Amulet with coin pendant
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, metal, and coin
Object number: 1984.538
Beaded blanket strip
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Tanned leather, sinew, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.532
Beaded pouch
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew and glass seed beads
Object number: 1984.534
Fragment of a beaded loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536
Knife Sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and tin cone dangles
Object number: 1984.542
Club
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood, leather, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.544
Awl case
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather, porcupine quill, feathers, tin cones, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.535
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1870-75
Medium: Leather with dentalium shells and trade beads
Object number: 1984.456
Knife sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and sinew
Object number: 1984.543
Fragment of a Beaded Loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537