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Child's Moccasins

Native American, possibly Miami or possibly Shawnee
Mid-19th Century
Object Place: Southeast

Medium/Technique Buckskin, red trade cloth, white beads
Dimensions Length: 127 mm (5 in.)
Credit Line Partial gift of James Frank and the Frank B. Bemis Fund and Hilsinger Janson Fund for Native American Art
Accession Number2013.653.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionRed trade cloth with white beads on front panel, bear claw design. Cuff is red trade cloth with white beads in geometric design.
ProvenanceSold by Jane Thompson, Middlebury, VT to James Frank, LaJolla, CA; consigned by Frank to John Molloy Gallery, New York; 2013, sold by Molloy Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 2013)