Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Dr. Noah Miller Gladfelter (1837-1911, a US Army surgeon during the Civil War and later a physician and amateur botanist) and probably collected by him when he was stationed in the Dakota Territory between 1865 and 1867; inherited by his granddaughter Esther Fish Bear (Mrs. Donald Bear, 1905-1987); donated to MAI by Mrs. Bear in 1960.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)
- Previous owner
- Esther F. Bear (Esther M. Fish/Mrs. Donald Bear), Non-Indian, 1905-1987
- Donor
- Esther F. Bear (Esther M. Fish/Mrs. Donald Bear), Non-Indian, 1905-1987
- Possible collector
- Dr. Noah M. Gladfelter (Noah Miller Glatfelter), Non-Indian, 1837-1911
- Previous owner
- Dr. Noah M. Gladfelter (Noah Miller Glatfelter), Non-Indian, 1837-1911
- Object Name
- Moccasins
- Media/Materials
- Hide, wool cloth, glass bead/beads, thread, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Overlay beadwork, cut, sewn, appliquéd
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
