Moose hair tufting on moose hide slippers from Fort Providence

• 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

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...