Culture/People:

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this

Possible collector:

Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957  Search this

Previous owner:

Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957  Search this

Donor:

Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957  Search this

Object Name:

Moccasins

Media/Materials:

Hide, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche

Techniques:

Lazy/lane stitch beadwork

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Place:

Montana; USA

Collection History:

Formerly in the collection of Christian F. Schuster (1868-1957, a collector and amateur archaeologist in Holyoke, Massachusetts) and possibly collected by him when he lived with the Blackfeet in the 1920s; donated to MAI by Christian Schuster in 1953.

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Catalog Number:

22/2349

Barcode:

222349.000

See related items:

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f1ff9f3b-b1de-465a-b3c1-a226e5a4dcb5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_237231