Moccasin

Description

Moccasin of tanned moose skin, with tanned caribou skin vamps: North America, Canada, Alberta, Fort Chipewyan, c. 1859

Museum reference

A.480.7

Collection

Americas

Object name

Moccasin

Production information

Athabasca District, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

Date

c. 1859

Style / Culture

Athapaskan

Materials

Moose skin, Caribou skin, Porcupine quill, Thong, Sinew

Physical description

Moccasin made of tanned moose skin with tanned caribou skin vamps. Two-piece form with added ankle flaps and thong ties, the vamp seam edged with red and blue porcupine quills. Serrated skin band applied at the ankle, sewn with sinew.

Associations

Hudson's Bay Company

References

Idiens, Dale, A catalogue of Northern Athapaskan Indian artefacts in the collection of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum Information Series, Art and Archaeology 3, March 1979

Listed on Yukon government 'Searching for Our Heritage' project website listing Yukon First Nations artefacts around the world: http://www.tc.gov.yk.ca/museum_resources.html

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