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Pair of Moccasins

CultureNortheast Woodlands
Dateca. 1775-1800
MediumNative tanned leather and natural and dyed porcupine quills
DimensionsA: 10 1/2 × 4 × 2 7/8 inches (26.67 × 10.16 × 7.29 cm)
B: 11 1/8 × 4 3/8 × 2 7/8 inches (28.26 × 11.13 × 7.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ned Jalbert
Object number2009.77.3.A,B
On View
Not on view
DescriptionNative leather moccasins ornamented with red, black and white porcupine quillwork; puckered vamps and downward turned ankle flaps.Published References
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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