Walk in Their Footsteps, Case 1
Moccasins
Silvermoon LaRose (b. 1980), Narragansett Nation
Deerskin, cotton, paint
Rhode Island, 2018
2018.27.10AB
Silvermoon LaRose made these for her young daughter, who wore them to dance.
Shoe soles & remnants of upper
Leather
Rhode Island, c. 1820
Discovered inside the walls of the Casey Farm House, perhaps a tenant farming family or the Casey family placed them there, as tradition held, to stand in as guardians for the household.
Corn doll
Lorén Spears (b. 1966), Mukhasunee Pashau, Narragansett Nation
Corn husk, dyed twine, artificial fiber, glass beads
Rhode Island, 2018
2018.27.8
Pipe stems
Clay
Rhode Island, 1750 – 1850
Pipe
Robin Spears, Jr. (b. 1962), Narragansett Nation
Deer antler, deer skin, dyed twine, glass, feather
Rhode Island, 2018
2018.27.4
Rosin for musical instrument bow
Cardboard, coniferous sap rosin
United States, c. 1900
Bracelet
Swift Fox (b. 1957), Narragansett Nation
Quahog shell, elastic
Rhode Island, 2018
2018.27.3
Ring and pin game
Robin Spears, Jr. (b. 1962), Narragansett Nation
Wood, dyed twine
Rhode Island, 2018
2018.27.2
Writing slate fragment
Slate, pencil
United States, c. 1900
Marble
Glass, copper
United States, c. 1910
The sparkling copper flakes in “Lutz Swirl” made it one of the most prized marbles a child could collect and play.