About the Artwork
Moccasins
late 19th century
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Native American
Iroquois
Buckskin, beads and satin ribbon
Overall: 1 1/2 × 9 3/8 × 4 7/8 inches (3.8 × 23.8 × 12.4 cm)
Costumes
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Frederick Stearns
99.5B2617
Public Domain
Markings
Tag, wirtten in black ink: 11027 | Mocassins | Buckskin | Canada | L22
Provenance
between 1871-1895, acquired by Frederick Stearns (1831-1907; Detroit, Michigan, USA);1907-present, bequeathed 1907 to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Haudenosaunee/Seneca, Native American, Moccasins, late 19th century, buckskin, beads and satin ribbon. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 99.5B2617.
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