Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2001.11.039
Accession#:
2001.11
Credit Line:
Donated by Harold Fossum.
Object Name:
Slipper
Title:
Spotted Seal Slippers w/Beaded Toe
Artist — Creator:
Visaya, Bessie (Kottch—Koon)
Date:
1970
Description:
Spotted seal slippers, styled like hightop tennis shoes, have red wool felt vamp and tongue decorated with "earred eagle" bead design. Top edges trimmed in rabbit fur and deer hide fringe defines side seams. Deer hide strips used as ties; lining is leopard print flannel; tongue edge finished in white cotton thread blanket stitch.
Notes:
Made by Bessie Visaya for donor's wife, Helen about 1970.
Search Terms:
Tlingit
Clothing
Biological
Sea Animal
Personal Belonging
Auk
Ethnographic
Clothing
Biological
Sea Animal
Personal Belonging
Auk
Ethnographic
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