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These are some mukluks from my personal collection. They are not for sale. You can see a larger version of each picture (approx. 35-45K) by clicking on the photo | |
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This beautiful classic pair of mukluks came from Saskatchewan. They have smoked moosehide soles and white and red wool tops trimmed with fur. See a close-up of the beadwork around the tops. |
| These are fabulous mukluks made by a member of the Selkirk Band in the Yukon. They are beaded on smoked moosehide and have beaver fur on the sides and some other kind of fur on the tops. See a close-up of the beadwork on the vamps and on the tops. |
| These children's mukluks have to be my favourite pair. They came to me from British Columbia. They are made of smoked moosehide and blue and white wool with beaver fur trim. They are beaded on the vamps and all around the tops with a great flower design. I love how the bead rows are spaced apart to give an interesting effect. See the backs of the mukluks, a close-up of the vamps and close-ups of the beadwork on the tops: front and back. |
| This pair of mukluks came from an antique store in Renfrew, Ontario. They are beaded on home-tanned hide with lovely wool pompoms and sheepskin fur trim. The bead colours are very nice - not the same ones you see these days. See a close-up of the beading on the tops. |
| Another pair of mukluks from British Columbia, these certainly have seen better days. They were obviously well-loved by their previous owner. The beaver fur trim is almost worn off, the white wool is grey, and the ties are missing some of their tassels but the beadwork was so well sewn that not a bead is missing. See a close-up of the beadwork around the tops. |
| This old but unused pair of mukluks came to me from British Columbia too. They have intricate beadwork on home-tanned moosehide, home-tanned deerhide fringes and rabbit fur trim. See a close-up of the beadwork on the vamps and another of the beadwork on the legs. |
| Another amazing pair of mukluks with beautiful beadwork on home-tanned moosehide and sealskin fur on the legs. They came to me from northern Saskatchwan and are probably Dene. Here's a close-up of the beadwork on the vamps and another of the beadwork on the legs. |
© Judy Kavanagh 2001
