Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Emil Lengyel (1893-1977) and his Middle Island Museum (Smithtown, Long Island); purchased by MAI at an auction of the Middle Island Museum collection held by O. Rundle Gilbert (of New York City) in 1965.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Oneida [New York]
- Previous owner
- Emil Lengyel, Non-Indian, 1893-1977
- Middle Island Museum
- Auction venue
- O. Rundle Gilbert Auction
- Object Name
- Moccasins
- Media/Materials
- Deerhide/deerskin, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Raised beadwork , overlay beadwork
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
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