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Exhibition History"Coming Home," Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, ME, January 20, 2015 - January 20, 2016.
ProvenancePrivate collection, East Coast; Sotheby's New York City, 1987, lot 130; Walter M. Banko, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
BibliographySotheby's. Sale 5643. 2 December 1987, lot 130, property of an East Coast private collection.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, pp.84-85.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 95.
Culture
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
Moccasins
Datec. 1840
MediumSmoked hide, glass beads, metal sequins, silk ribbons and binding, canvas, linen, red trade cloth
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (8.9 × 24.1 cm)
Object numberT0042a-b
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextArt of the Mi'kmaq is usually illustrated by their geometric quillwork on birchbark and the very distinct double curves of their beadwork. (c.f. Whitehead 1987b, E64-E67). This pair of moccasins shows the curvilinear and stylized floral motifs that prevailed in the beadwork of the more western Mi'kmaq in New Brunswick. Much of this beadwork was made as a source of income by the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet women. (From the Catalog of the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 2nd ed.)Exhibition History"Coming Home," Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, ME, January 20, 2015 - January 20, 2016.
ProvenancePrivate collection, East Coast; Sotheby's New York City, 1987, lot 130; Walter M. Banko, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
BibliographySotheby's. Sale 5643. 2 December 1987, lot 130, property of an East Coast private collection.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, pp.84-85.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 95.
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