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Catalog Number

CAS 0539-0014A,B   CAS 0539-0014A,B; Moccasins
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Moccasins
Culture Northern Plains, Lakota Sioux?
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data Central Plains area
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture late 1800s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Leather; Tanned hide; Glass beads; Trade cloth; Thread
Description Hide sole attached to upper of single piece of tanned hide; Trade cloth attached to cuff with sinew to create low boot; Moccasin is undecorated except for a diamond abutted by triangles on all sides by triangles on vamp; Beadwork is lazy stitch in alternating lines of red and green; Stitching is thread.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 14.0, Width = 8.6, Length = 23.2