Moccasins with Quillwork
Artist
Unknown
CultureHaudenosaunee
Titles
- Moccasins with Quillwork
Datec. late 18th - early 19th century
(not assigned)United States
MediumLeather, porcupine quills, glass beads, silk, and sinew
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/8 × 3 3/8 × 9 3/8 in. (8 × 8.5 × 23.8 cm) (each)
Credit LineMuseum purchase, by exchange
Object number2025.767.A,.B
Not on view
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Department
Art of the Indigenous AmericasObject Type
[1] "Collector's Corner: Joan and David Wenger," ATADA (Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association) News, (Winter, 2013): 9-11 (11). According to the daughter and son-in-law of the Boschan's, they had stopped collecting Native Northeast art by the time of the auction of their collection at Sotheby's in 1988.
[2] Email from Mark Blackburn dated 5/9/2025.
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Unknown North American
c. 1890
Hide, natural and dyed porcupine quills, glass seed beads, sinew
2025.783.A,.B
Unknown North American
1910–1925
Painted wood, feathers, hair, leather, horsehair, cloth, straw, cornhusks
44.425
Unknown North American
1910–1940
Painted wood, pine needles, feathers, cotton, ribbon, leather, wood
44.432
Unknown North American
1910–1940
Painted wood, hair, feathers, yarn, cloth, leather
44.445
Unknown North American
1910–1940
Painted wood, horsehair, hair, cloth, painted paper, feathers, leather, strings
44.455
Unknown North American
1910–1925
Wood, paint, feathers, evergreen twig, cotton cloth, leather, wool yarn, and string
44.463
Jeffrey Gibson
2019
Nine-channel video, color, sound. 2 min.,50 sec.
Jingle Dress Dancer: Sarah Ortegon HighWalking
Music: “Sisters” featuring Northern Voice, courtesy of The Halluci Nation
Editor: Sancia Nash
Color: William Singer
[Note: the artist has specifically requested that full credits for his collaborators be included on the label copy]
2025.304
Unknown
late 19th-early 20th c.
Wood
2025.829