Pair of Beaded Hide Moccasins
Pair of Beaded Hide Moccasins
Place of OriginNorth America
Datelate 18th century
Mediumhide, silk, glass beads, wool
ClassificationTextiles and Fiber
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
2023.359A-B
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 18
DescriptionEach moccasin is composed of a single piece of tanned hide, seamed up the back, and attached with red wool stroud cuffs, thread sewn in numerous shades of opaque and translucent glass beadwork, and decorated with blue, green and red silk applique.
Published ReferencesPhillips, Ruth B. and Dale Idiens, “‘A Casket of Savage Curiosities’: Eighteenth-century Objects from Northeastern North America in the Farquharson Collection,” Journal of the History of Collections, 1994, vol. 6, no. 1.
18th Century
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