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Catalog Number

CAS 0565-0001A,B   CAS 0565-0001A,B; Moccasins
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Moccasins
Culture Arapaho, probably
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. South Dakota
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture late 1800s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Hide; Tanned leather; Glass beads; Sinew; Thread
Description Hard sole attached to upper of single piece of tanned hide with sinew; Split back cuff; Forked tongue is made from two separate pieces stitched together with thread; Hide lace at ankle across tongue; Another lace across instep and through top lane of beading and around ankle; Entire upper is beaded in white lazy stitch except for tongue and ankle; Design on vamp of triangles, linear elements and square crosses in blue and red; Border design of triangles with apices abutted by triangles and boxes in red, blue and metallic green multifaceted beads.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 11.5, Width = 9.7, Length = 26.7