Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

BEADED

Date Range From

1912

Date Range To

1922

Materials

LEATHER, BEADS

No. Pieces

2

Height

10.2

Length

25.4

Width

11.4

Description

MOCASSINS HAVE BEADED STRIPES IN BLUE, RED & PINK BEADS. EACH HAS A LEATHER FLAP (STRAP) ON THE TOP BEADED WITH BLUE, RED & BLACK BEADS IN GEOMETRIC DESIGNS. LEATHER FLAP ON ENDS; TASSELS ON RIGHT SIDE OF FLAP BROKEN. TASSELS ALSO AT HEEL; MISSING ON RIGHT SIDE. FLAP ON LEFT SIDE IS COMING OFF.

Subjects

CLOTHING-FOOTWEAR

Historical Association

ETHNOGRAPHIC

History

MOCASSINS BELONGED ORIGINALLY TO JOE HEALEY & WERE PURCHASED ABOUT 1912 BY HERBERT HUSBAND. SEE P19780207000-GA FOR HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN A 2018 COLLECTIONS AUDIT, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK NOTED FURTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR, WHICH CAME AT THE TIME OF DONATION AND WAS ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT FILE: "HERBERT HUSBAND WAS THE BROTHER-IN-LAW OF DUKE WELLINGTON (A LETHBRIDGE OLD-TIMER). HUSBAND DIED AND HIS WIFE, META, RECENTLY BECAME ILL AND GAVE ITEMS TO HER BROTHER (WELLINGTON) FOR THE MUSEUM. JOE HEALY AND WIFE IN LATER YEARS LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE -- NOT TOO FAR FROM MR. WELLINGTON AND HIS SISTER, META..." ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTS, HERBERT HUSBAND WAS ACQUAINTED WITH CHIEF HEALY. 22 OCTOBER 2021 UPDATE: THE LABEL TEXT QUOTED BELOW WAS DEVELOPED WITH KAINAI ELDERS FOR A SUB-THEME WITHIN THE EXHIBIT ‘MADE IN’, TITLED ‘NIITSITAPISSKSAHKOYI’ AND INSTALLED WITHIN THE GALT IN 2021. ELDERS WHO PROVIDED MUSEUM CURATOR AIMEE BENOIT WITH DIRECTION ON SUBTHEME’S CONTENT INCLUDED: AAKAOHKSI'KITSTAKIYAAKII (MANY OFFERINGS WOMAN, GRETA MANY BEARS), KAIYIITSAPAOMAHKA (WALKING ON TOP, RAYMOND MANY BEARS), NIINAA PIIKSII (CHIEF BIRD, MIKE BRUISED HEAD), MO’TOKAANII’PO (WALKING WITH A SCALP, HARRISON RED CROW) AND MIINIIPOKA (SACRED BERRY CHILD, PETER WEASEL MOCCASIN). THE GALT APPRECIATED THE GENEROSITY OF THE ELDERS WHO SHARED THEIR KNOWLEDGE FOR THIS EXHIBIT PROJECT. “NIITSITSIKINN (MOCCASINS): HERBERT HUSBAND PURCHASED THESE MOCCASINS FROM POTAI’NA (JOE HEALY) IN ABOUT 1912. THE TWO FAMILIES LIVED NEAR ONE ANOTHER IN LETHBRIDGE AT THE TIME. ‘YOU CAN TELL THESE ARE OLDER THAN THE OTHER PAIR BECAUSE OF THE BEADS. THE BEADS ARE ALL GLASS; THEY’RE ALL VENETIAN BEADS, BUT MOST LIKELY THESE ARE OLDER (FROM THE 1870S–1880S) BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE BEADS AND THE COLOURS. ORANGE WAS NOT A COLOUR THAT WAS WIDELY USED AMONG THE BLOOD PEOPLE. IT SHOWS UP, BUT IT WASN’T AS POPULAR AS THESE COLOURS HERE. EACH TRIBE TENDED TO PREFER CERTAIN COLOURS. THE SIOUX AND CHEYENNE, MOST ALWAYS THEY USED WHITE BACKGROUNDS IN THEIR BEADWORK. FOR THE BLACKFOOT, COLOURS LIKE PALE BLUES, PINKS—PASTEL COLOURS WOULD SHOW UP MORE OFTEN.’ – MO’TOKAANII’PO” FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19780210000

Acquisition Date

1978-07

Collection

Museum

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