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Catalog Number

CAS 1991-0009-0001A,B   CAS 1991-0009-0001A,B; Moccasins
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Moccasins
Culture Cheyenne
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data Northern Plains region
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Leather; Tanned hide; Glass beads; Thread
Description Soft tanned sole attached to tanned upper with thread; Upper stitched up back; A third piece of hide added to cuff to create low boot; Trapezoidal tongue is separate and attached with thread; Entire vamp, border and instep are beaded in yellow using lazy stitch; Two undulating lines of light and dark blue across vamp; Two parallelograms below lower line; Steeply stepped triangles on border, four of which join with pattern on vamp.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 19.2, Width = 10.4, Length = 23.6