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Image of Child's embroidered chamois slippers, ca.1890-1930
1953.673.M
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Child's embroidered chamois slippers, ca.1890-1930

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Records indicate that the donor of these baby shoes once worked as a housekeeper at the Pine Ridge Agency, an Indian Bureau School Service in South Dakota around 1896. She may have acquired these booties while working there.
ID Number: 1953.673.M
Date: Circa 1890-1930
Physical Description: 1 Bootee; leather; 1.5 in.H x 4.5 in.W x 2 in.D
Credit: MOHAI, 1953.673.M, Gift of Mrs. Mary R. Jennerson
Subjects: Clothing and Dress, Indigenous Peoples

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