Moccasins decorated with Blue Flower Beading
Elsie Johnson Isaac (Mrs. Albert Isaac), Tutchone / Canadian, 1883 - 1978
Tutchone
Dene (Athabascan)
First Nation
Subarctic
1948
Moose hide and beads
Overall: 10 5/8 × 4 5/16 × 4 5/16 in. (27 × 11 × 11 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
48.50.10970
Geography
Place Made: Aishihik, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Footwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Subarctic
Not on view
Exhibition History
Exhibited in conjunction with a Reception in memory of Anthropologist Elmer Harp, Jr., The Dicky Center for International Understanding, Russo Gallery, Haldeman Center, March 5, 2010. [co-sponsored by the Anthropology Department and the Institute of Arctic Studies]
Publication History
Elmer Harp, Jr., North to the Yukon Territory via the Alcan Highway in 1948: Field Notes of The Andover-Harvard Expedition, Occasional Papers in Archaeology No. 14.
Elmer Harp, Jr., North to the Yukon Territory via the Alcan Highway in 1948: Field Notes of The Andover-Harvard Expedition, Occasional Papers in Archaeology No. 14.
Provenance
Puchased for the Dartmouth College Museum by Elmer Harp, Jr. (1913-2009), during the 1948 Andover-Harvard Yukon Expedition, from Mrs. Albert Isaac of Aishihik Lake, Yukon Territory, August 1948.
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