Casey Farm

Walk in Their Footsteps, Case 1

Moccasins

Silvermoon LaRose (b. 1980), Narragansett Nation
Deerskin, cotton, paint
Rhode Island, 2018
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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

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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
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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
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Ring and pin game

Robin Spears, Jr. (b. 1962), Narragansett Nation
Wood, dyed twine
Rhode Island, 2018
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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.