Moose hair tufting on moose hide slippers from Fort Providence

This pair of moose hide slippers are decorated with moose hide tufting and ermine trim. Dyed moose hair bundles are stitched onto a surface, in this case leather, and then trimmed to the desired shape. The design on these slippers is of flowers in red, pink, orange, purple and yellow, with green lea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Campbell, Sandy
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Moose hide tufting
Handicraft - Northwest Territories
Canada
Moose hide slippers
Footwear - First Nations traditional design
Fort Providence
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
First Nations
Online Access:https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/c10b4072-1c1e-4ce8-bb8b-44bb67d70f0f
https://doi.org/10.7939/R34W1F
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Summary:This pair of moose hide slippers are decorated with moose hide tufting and ermine trim. Dyed moose hair bundles are stitched onto a surface, in this case leather, and then trimmed to the desired shape. The design on these slippers is of flowers in red, pink, orange, purple and yellow, with green leaves. The slippers were made in Fort Providence, NWT between 1920 - 1930 and are displayed at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife.

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