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Catalog Number

CAS 0376-0006A,B   CAS 0376-0006A,B; Moccasins
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; Thread
Description Hard soled moccasins with uppers of single piece of tanned hide, sewn with sinew; Tongue is separate piece; Thin hide band attached with sinew to top of ankle; Hide lace threaded at lower ankle; Beaded in lazy stitch over vamp, triangular shapes (buffalo tracks) on vamp beaded in three lines of lazy stitch in green with red borders; Space between tracks and around toe and back beaded in white with alternating motifs of red crosses and green triangles with yellow centers tipped with crosses; Beaded column up back of heel in white with green and red squares.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 12.1, Width = 8.2, Length = 22.6