Moccasin Tops
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
Wabanaki
First Nation
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
19th century
Black wool cloth, birch bark, dyed moosehair, porcupine quills
Overall: 10 1/4 × 7 5/16 in. (26 × 18.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
56.14.13615
Geography
Place Made: Canada, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clothing: Footwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Exhibition History
Native American Designs of the Northern Woodlands, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 20, 1995-February 9, 1997.
Provenance
Collected by Albert Green Heath (1888-1953), early 20th century; sold to Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1955; sold to present collection, 1956.
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