Pair of Child's Moccasins
Crow; possibly Cree
1 of 6
Object Label
Vivid blue captures the eye in these Salish or Kootenai child’s moccasins and Sioux storage bag. The blue seed beads on both objects are made of glass colored with cobalt blue. Native women made all the clothing and furnishings for their families and eagerly adopted beads as decorative embellishments because of the vast array of colors and greater convenience.
Caption
Crow; possibly Cree. Pair of Child's Moccasins, 1885–1895. Smoked hide, beads, cut steel beads, 7 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (19.1 x 7.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks, 43.201.72a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Cultures
Title
Pair of Child's Moccasins
Date
1885–1895
Geography
Place made: Montana, United States
Medium
Smoked hide, beads, cut steel beads
Classification
Dimensions
7 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (19.1 x 7.9 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks
Accession Number
43.201.72a-b
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These moccasins were made for a child by a Salish or Kootenai artist in Montana. Beadwork was a craft practiced by Native American Indian women.The birth of a child was celebrated through the creation of clothing and other objects the child may need to use. Of course, children would quickly outgrow these gifts, which tells us how important making them was to the artists.
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