Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0005-0065A,B | |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | 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 | Hide; Tanned leather; Glass beads; Sinew | |
| Description | Hard sole attached to upper of tanned hide with sinew; Hide strip added at cuff; Zigzag cut tongue is separate; Hide lace threaded around ankle; Upper is fully beaded in lazy stitch across vamp, instep, sides and heel and undecorated on ankle, cuff and tongue; Triangular spaces on vamp (buffalo tracks) beaded in blue with stacked crosses in white red and metallic beads; Remaining space beaded in lavender with stepped triangles in red and yellow; Painted sole suggests previous use as parfleche; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.0, Width = 7.3, Length = 17.3 | |