Miniature beaded moccasins. Shoes are made of a light coloured hide with a wide folded flap made of cream cotton and red wool strips sewn around the back of the heel. Flap ties in front, over the shoe’s long tongue. Toe is decorated with black beads set in a ‘T’ shape with a square of translucent beads at centre. Bottom of shoe 'b' has lines of fine stitching across surface.

• Narrative

  Robert Gale's grandfather (Gervase Edward Gale) was a missionary and principal of St. Paul's School at Cardston, Alberta, on the Blood Reserve, c. 1904-1910. His grandmother, Hattie May is said to have collected the Blood (Kainai) objects in MOA accessions 3194 and 3239.

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• Type of Item moccasin
• Culture Kainai
• Material skin, wool fibre, glass, cotton fibre
• Measurements height 4.5 cm, width 4.0 cm, depth 8.5 cm (part a) height 4.5 cm, width 7.0 cm, depth 9.0 cm (part b)

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• Previous Owner Hattie May Gale, Karen Gale, Robert Gale
• Received from Robert Gale, Karen Gale

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• Made in Alberta
• Collected in Cardston

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• Creation Date before 1910
• Collection Date between 1904 and 1910
• Ownership Date before 1968, before August 15, 2016
• Acquisition Date on August 15, 2016

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• Item Classes beadwork; textiles
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3194/0010 a-b