About the Artwork
Moccasins were created by women artists as part of their traditional role of preparing clothing for their families. The floral patterns stem from a number of sources: European decorative arts, printed cotton textiles, or as a result of the training American Indian women received at mission schools. Regardless of origin, floral patterns employed by artists on clothing and domestic objects were reconfigured and then incorporated as symbols of American Indian identity.
Moccasins
ca. 1890
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Native american
Eastern sioux
Buckskin, rawhide, fabric, and glass beads
Overall (1988.31.A): 4 × 9 1/2 × 3 3/4 inches (10.2 × 24.1 × 9.5 cm) Overall (1988.31.B): 3 1/2 × 9 7/8 × 3 1/2 inches (8.9 × 25.1 × 8.9 cm)
Costumes
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation
1988.31
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Provenance
James O'Donnell (South Dakota, USA)
purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA) and his wife, Marion D. Pohrt
1988-present, purchase by Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Seattle and London, 1992, no. 120.
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Eastern Sioux, Native American, Moccasins, ca. 1890, buckskin, rawhide, fabric, and glass beads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Flint Ink Corporation, 1988.31.
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