- From The Collection Of
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Accession Number
- E761/1
- Discipline
- Humanities
- Culture
- Huron-Wendat
- Date
- circa 1830 (creation date)
- Materials and Techniques
- caribou hide (material)
- moose hair (material)
- moccasins stained black (technique)
- embroidery dyed moose hair (technique)
- moose hiar decora- tion embroidered (technique)
- Place
- Canada (creation)
- North America (creation)
- Northeastern woodlands, Eastern Canada (creation)
- North America (collection place)
- Related People
- Mr William Charles Grant (from the collection of) (collector)
- Description
- This pair of moccasins were for a young person and are embroidered with moose hair. They were bequeathed to RAMM by William Charles Grant JP in April 1880.
On 6 September 2022 RAMM hosted ten internationally renowned writers, poets and spoken word artists as part of a partnership with the Museum of Colour. The Museum of Colour is a digital museum that explores the contribution made by People of Colour to the nation’s culture, specifically in film, television and the arts. Mona Arshi, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Fred D'Aguiar, Jennifer Lee Tsai, Adam Lowe, Shivanee Ramlochan, Jacob Sam-La Rose, John Siddique, Yomi Sode and Yusra Warsama performed specially written pieces, influenced and inspired by objects in the collections at RAMM accompanied by live music from composer Randolph Matthews. The event is part of Museum of Colour's exhibition 'My Words', celebrating the legacy of poets of Colour in Britain over 250 years. Fred D’Aguiar wrote a poem in response to these moccasins https://museumofcolour.org.uk/my-words/response-gallery/fred-daguiar
This object is on display at RAMM in the World Cultures gallery. - See Elsewhere
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- Record Rights
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- CC 0
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