Paiute Slippers

Clothing/Dress/Costume

New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Paiute Slippers

Entry/Object ID

NU 2021.35.1-2

Description

Slippers/shoes made out of woven willow bark. The bark is thickly braided, and the braids are woven and sewn together to form a shoe.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Shoes

Textile Details

Material

Plant Fiber

Color

Brown

Notes

Plant fiber is willow bark.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Basin

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Northern Paiute

Native American

Notes

Made by modern Paiute members, near Pyramid Lake, Nevada.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Slipper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Shoe

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Footwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

A 35

NH 83

Dimensions

Width

4-1/2 in

Length

9-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

For NU 2021.35.1

Width

4 in

Length

9-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

For NU 2021.35.2

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dr. Ethel Dana Atkinson

Notes

Donor

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of Ethel Dana Atkinson (2)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Oct 21, 1971