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Moccasin

Object Number:45-15-361B
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Kiowa
Southern Cheyenne
Provenience: Great Plains (Plain)
Culture Area: Great Plains Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Rawhide
Buckskin
German Silver
Glass
Technique:Stained
Beaded
Credit Line:Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

Description

Moccasin attached to legging. Rawhide sole, buckskin tops stained yellow, ornamental scalloped strip of vermilion buckskin down front. Set with 13 large and 9 small German silver buttons. Beaded bands along front and ankle and wide instep decoration with red and blue cross on white ground. Two short buckskin trailers.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

In Citizens Garb: Southern Plains Native American 1889-1891 - SUPPLEMENTAL (26 Mar 2010 - Jun 2010) View Objects in Exhibition

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