Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but probably collected by Agnes Bates Wellington (Mrs. Arthur M. Wellington, 1849-1937) when she spent a year travelling with her close friend Elizabeth Bacon Custer (1842-1934) and General George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) circa 1875; donated to MAI by Agnes Bates Wellington in 1937.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sisitonwan Dakota (Sisseton Sioux)
- Previous owner
- Agnes Bates Wellington (Mrs. Arthur M. Wellington), Non-Indian, 1849-1937
- Donor
- Agnes Bates Wellington (Mrs. Arthur M. Wellington), Non-Indian, 1849-1937
- Object Name
- Moccasins
- Media/Materials
- Hide, porcupine quills
- Techniques
- Quilled (lane stitched)
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
