Object Details
- Collection History
- Said to have been brought to Wisconsin by the Stockbridge Mahican, probably before 1840; collected by Alanson B. Skinner (1886-1925, MAI staff member) when he was on the staff of the Milwaukee Public Museum (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) between 1920 and 1924, acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Milwaukee Public Museum in 1925.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Mahican; collected among the Stockbridge Mahican
- Collector
- Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
- Previous owner
- Milwaukee Public Museum (Board of Trustees of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee)
- Object Name
- Moccasins
- Media/Materials
- Hide, velvet, glass bead/beads, wool twill tape
- Techniques
- Edge beaded, sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
