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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9802958, member: 8267"]The closest comparisons I can find for the construction (soft sole, one piece folded over, round toe, oval tongue inset with little to no gathering/puckering) are from the Plateau area (Idaho/Montana/Alberta), as [USER=13430]@smallaxe[/USER] suggested. </p><p><br /></p><p>But the beadwork seems atypical. After searching the online collections at the National Museum of the American Indian and the Royal Ontario Museum, I have not seen that color combination on another example. It is also uncommon to see the beads applied one at a time (as it appears) rather than strung and couched, or in short strands using the technique known as "lazy stitch". It is also less common to see the beads laid parallel to the outside edge of the moccasin, rather than in lazy stitch rows perpendicular to the edge such as on these Blackfoot moccasins -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]486862[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/211440/moccasin?ctx=1f5c9f49-d3fc-450f-9558-b1eb4bb03849&idx=110" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/211440/moccasin?ctx=1f5c9f49-d3fc-450f-9558-b1eb4bb03849&idx=110" rel="nofollow">https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/211440/moccasin?ctx=1f5c9f49-d3fc-450f-9558-b1eb4bb03849&idx=110</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I did find a few examples of moccasins with the parallel arrangement along the edge attributed to the Plains Cree and Western Woods Cree -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]486859[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/256114/moccasins?ctx=0d6738d4-e35b-4b7c-9db8-75c620735076&idx=6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/256114/moccasins?ctx=0d6738d4-e35b-4b7c-9db8-75c620735076&idx=6" rel="nofollow">https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/256114/moccasins?ctx=0d6738d4-e35b-4b7c-9db8-75c620735076&idx=6</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]486860[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_160272" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_160272" rel="nofollow">https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_160272</a></p><p><br /></p><p>(Note the construction is not the same on this last example, however.)</p><p><br /></p><p>And these from the Beaver/Dene of northern Alberta (again with somewhat different construction) -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]486861[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/2479555/moccasins?ctx=bd0610ee-61b6-4c80-a429-9ca1fa34a3b3&idx=39" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/2479555/moccasins?ctx=bd0610ee-61b6-4c80-a429-9ca1fa34a3b3&idx=39" rel="nofollow">https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/2479555/moccasins?ctx=bd0610ee-61b6-4c80-a429-9ca1fa34a3b3&idx=39</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen native tanned leather this color. It may have been originally white (unsmoked), just with years of accumulated dust and dirt.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9802958, member: 8267"]The closest comparisons I can find for the construction (soft sole, one piece folded over, round toe, oval tongue inset with little to no gathering/puckering) are from the Plateau area (Idaho/Montana/Alberta), as [USER=13430]@smallaxe[/USER] suggested. But the beadwork seems atypical. After searching the online collections at the National Museum of the American Indian and the Royal Ontario Museum, I have not seen that color combination on another example. It is also uncommon to see the beads applied one at a time (as it appears) rather than strung and couched, or in short strands using the technique known as "lazy stitch". It is also less common to see the beads laid parallel to the outside edge of the moccasin, rather than in lazy stitch rows perpendicular to the edge such as on these Blackfoot moccasins - [ATTACH=full]486862[/ATTACH] [URL]https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/211440/moccasin?ctx=1f5c9f49-d3fc-450f-9558-b1eb4bb03849&idx=110[/URL] I did find a few examples of moccasins with the parallel arrangement along the edge attributed to the Plains Cree and Western Woods Cree - [ATTACH=full]486859[/ATTACH] [URL]https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/256114/moccasins?ctx=0d6738d4-e35b-4b7c-9db8-75c620735076&idx=6[/URL] [ATTACH=full]486860[/ATTACH] [URL]https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_160272[/URL] (Note the construction is not the same on this last example, however.) And these from the Beaver/Dene of northern Alberta (again with somewhat different construction) - [ATTACH=full]486861[/ATTACH] [URL]https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/2479555/moccasins?ctx=bd0610ee-61b6-4c80-a429-9ca1fa34a3b3&idx=39[/URL] I have seen native tanned leather this color. It may have been originally white (unsmoked), just with years of accumulated dust and dirt.[/QUOTE]
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