Moccasin

NA3211.2

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3211.2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Caribou Fur | Hide | Yarn
Description

One of a pair of boots. Hard, tanned leather soles. Upper made of skin still attached, just above the sole is a strip of tanned leather around the boot with circle and geometric applique. The sides have semi-circle and line designs in red yarn. Below the line is a band of cut out designs in triangles. Two wide leather straps attached on either side.

Credit Line Purchased from E. M. Rhodes & Company, 1915

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