Title

Makasin

Creator

Alice Madeleine Polson

Subject

Anicinabe ocitowin (Arts and crafts)

Kekocican (Clothing)

Contemporanéité

Related to an ongoing practice, as it was

Famille

Polson

Description

Pair of moccasins. Each moccasin is made from two pieces: the sole and the upper. Stitching at the tip of the toes. White rabbit fur borders. Embroidery on the upper.
The pattern for these moccasins were given to Mrs Gibson (craft teacher) by an elderly woman from Great Lake Victoria, who remembered her grandmother using this pattern.

Format

Object

Étendue

Length: 25 cm ; Width: 12 cm ; Height: 7 cm

Matériaux

Leather (Packwekin)

Fur (Weian)

Rabbit

Thread (Cetak)

Technique de fabrication

Cut

Sewn

Embroidered

Date Created

1975

Titre antérieur

Moccasin [Musée de la Civilisation].
Title replaced by the Anicinabemowin term.

Source

https://collections.mcq.org/objets/10504

Contributor

Musée de la Civilisation (sharing)

Date Modified

2025-02-19

Access Rights

Open access

License

Protected by copyrights

Identifier

MdlC75-1095