Soft soled beaded leather moccasins with floral patterns and images of birds on the cuff
Soft soled leather moccasins with velvet and floral beadwork on the vamp and cuff
Soft soled leather moccasins with velvet trim on the cuff and on the vamp / Native American; possibly Chippewa, Cree or Ojibwa
Essay/Description
Soft soled leather moccasins with velvet trim on the cuff and on the vamp. Three rows of quill work, white, purple, and pink, blue, and orange, border the velvet panel on the vamp.
In the Northeastern tribes, men and women would wear moccasins or boots made from animals’ hocks, or hind legs. The footwear was sometimes decorated with quillwork or embroidery. Floral and nature-inspired patterns were the most frequently used (Paterek 1994, 42-43).
