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Catalog Number

CAS 0539-0015A,B   CAS 0539-0015A,B; Moccasins
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Moccasins
Culture Eastern Sioux
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. North Dakota
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture late 1800s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Leather; Tanned hide; Glass beads; Sinew
Description Leather sold attached with sinew to single piece tanned hide upper; Ankle is low to create a slipper; Undecorated except for a bilaterally symmetrical flora motif with lavender and red blossoms and green stems in center of vamp to toe; Beading is linear.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.0, Width = 9.6, Length = 27.3