Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0005-0056A,B | |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Blackfeet, Lakota Sioux | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Tanned hide; Glass beads; Wool; Commercial fabric; Sinew; Thread | |
| Description | Hide sole attached with sinew to upper constructed of single piece of tanned hide; Interior of sole is painted suggesting that it was recycled from a parfleche; Stitched up back with hide lace; Forked tongue is separate and stitched with sinew; Tongue edge beaded in black; Red wool, khaki and blue cloth overlay stitched at cuff and edge beaded in black; Lazy stitch beaded bands of pink and yellow alternating with undecorated hide across vamp and instep; Pink triangles with blue bands at top and bottom from mid shoe to heel; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.5, Width = 10.2, Length = 25.8 | |