A pair of Sac and Fox ( Mesquakie ) front seam moccasins, circa 1890, collected in 1927 by Roy H. Robinson. An attached tag, written by the collector, states: “Recv’d 1/24/27 Sac & Fox beaded moccasins belonged to John White Fish, a very, very old man”. The large beaded cuffs are typical of Mesquakie moccasins of the period.

Roy H. Robinson was born on December 9th, 1882 in Chicago, Illinois. In the early 1900s, his sister Edna, accompanied by their mother, relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 1912, Edna married Dr. Frank E. Mera. Dr. F.H. Mera’s brother was Dr. Harry P. Mera, the legendary curator of archaeology at Santa Fe's Laboratory of Anthropology. Visit’s to Santa Fe and Mera’s influence sparked what would become his passion for Native material culture from across North America. The core of Robinson’s collection was assembled in the 1920s and 1930s with the details of where, when and from whom each item or group was acquired carefully recorded.

$3,200.00