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Catalog Number

CAS 0539-0013A,B   CAS 0539-0013A,B; Moccasins
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Moccasins
Culture 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 Hide; Tanned leather; Glass beads; Sinew
Description Hard sole attached to upper of single piece of tanned hide with sinew; Tongue is separate piece; Hide lace threaded across tongue at lower ankle; Lazy stitch beading across vamp, toe and around back; Ankle and tongue are undecorated; Design, on light blue background, consists a row of blue squares down center of vamp flanked on either side by a column of isosceles triangles alternating red and blue; Green, red, and blue triangles around border.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.6, Width = 8.5, Length = 23.7