Quill Decorated Moccasins

Unknown people (Plains)
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early 20th century

Leather, sinew, rawhide, beads, and porcupine quills

Overall: 10 9/16 × 3 13/16 in. (26.8 × 9.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Capt. Herbert L. Shuttleworth II, Class of 1935

43.25.8595

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Clothing: Footwear

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Plains

Not on view

Provenance

Captain Herbert L. Shuttleworth II (1913-2010, Class of 1935), Amsterdam, New York; given to present collection, 1943.

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