Object Details
- described
- Grant, Ulysses S.
- Description
- A delegation of Plains Indians gave these beaded moccasins to President Ulysses S. Grant during a 1870s peace conference in Washington, D.C. The design unites motifs and forms from both cultures as a powerful statement of hopeful coexistence.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Chapman Grant
- pre 1877
- ID Number
- PL.308316.005
- catalog number
- 308316.005
- accession number
- 308316
- Object Name
- moccasins
- Physical Description
- leather (overall material)
- glass (beads material)
- red, white, blue (overall color)
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- History, Reform Movements, Indian Movement
- referenced
- Indians
- general subject association
- Presidents
- Record ID
- nmah_529831
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-6eec-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
