Moccasins

Date created
circa 1880
Culture/People
Iowa (bottom part only); cuffs added by Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)
Previous owner
Wa" ko li' (Wai-ko-li/Wakolee/Wa"koli'), Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)
Collector
Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923
Hope M. Fulbright, Non-Indian, 1876-1949
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Collection History
Collected from Wa" ko li' (Sac and Fox) in 1909 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923) and Hope M. Fulbright (1879-1949), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place
Oklahoma; USA
See related items
Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)
Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)
Clothing/Garments: Footwear
On View
NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Woodlands
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
2/4728
Barcode
024728.000
Object Type
Clothing/Garments: Footwear
Indigenous Term
mu' ki' sa" hun
Object Name
Moccasins
Media/Materials
Hide, glass bead/beads, wool cloth
Techniques
Sewn, overlay beadwork, edge beaded
Dimensions
29 x 27 x 7 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e8be9a4a-455c-4399-9501-77821e1ba1b6
Record ID
NMAI_26424