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Catalog Number CAS 1988-0005-0059   CAS 1988-0005-0059; Moccasin (1 only)
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Moccasin (1 only)
Culture Flathead
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; Cloth; Glass beads; Sinew; Pigment
Description Single moccasin with hard leather sole attached with sinew to single piece tanned hide upper which has been dyed yellow; Cloth added at cuff to form wraparound boot; Multicolored lazy stitch beaded pattern on vamp consists of rectangles and parallelograms; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 3.7, Width = 8.7, Length = 23.4