Pair of Beaded Hide Moccasins
Pair of Beaded Hide Moccasins
Place of OriginNorth America
Datelate 18th century
Dimensions4 × 10 in. (10.2 x 25.4 cm)
4 × 10 3/8 in. (10.2 x 26.4 cm)
4 × 10 3/8 in. (10.2 x 26.4 cm)
Mediumhide, glass beads, silk
ClassificationTextiles and Fiber
Credit LinePurchased with funds from The Joseph and Kathleen Magliochetti Fund
Object number
2023.373A-B
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 18
DescriptionEach of the moccasins is composed of tanned hide, green, red, and yellow silk applique, and dark blue wool stroud, very finely thread sewn in two sizes of white glass beadwork, with linear and scrolling designs.
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.
late 18th century
18th Century
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late 18th century
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