Object Details
- Collection History
- Said to have been collected by members of the Eastgate family, many of whom lived in the Spirit Lake area in the late nineteenth century; inherited by Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker, 1857-1945) of Orange County, New York and subsequently by her daughter Anna Whitaker Slaughter (Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter, 1887-1972); donated to MAI by Mrs. Slaughter in 1970 in memory of Helen Eastgate Whitaker.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Dakota (Eastern Sioux)
- Previous owner
- Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker), Non-Indian, 1857-1945
- Anna W. Slaughter (Anna Whitaker Slaughter/Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
- Donor
- Anna W. Slaughter (Anna Whitaker Slaughter/Mrs. Eugene W. Slaughter), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
- Honoree
- Helen Eastgate Whitaker (Mrs. Simon P. Whitaker), Non-Indian, 1857-1945
- Date created
- 1894
- Object Name
- Child's moccasins
- Media/Materials
- Deerhide/deerskin, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Lazy/lane stitch beadwork
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
