Moccasin
NA8542.1
From: Canada | British Columbia | Skeena River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA8542.1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tsimshian | Gitxsan |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Skeena River |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Hide | Silk | Horsehair |
| Description | One of a pair of moccasins made from one piece of soft animal hide with a center seam along the toe and heel. The tongue has floral embroidery in multicolored silk. Three semicircular bands in multiple colors line the edge of the tongue where it attaches to the upper. An oversized cuff is sewn on to the moccasin and folded over. Hide laces are inserted through holes both in the cuff and in the tongue. |
| Length | 25.5 cm |
| Width | 13 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
| Other Number | SA22 - Other Number |
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