Catalog Number |
CAS 0376-0006A,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; 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 |