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Moccasin

Native NameHopitotsi
Object Number:38748A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Hopi
Provenience: Arizona
Walpi
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Date Made: Ca. 1900
Early Date: 1890
Late Date: 1901
Section:American
Materials:Rawhide
Buckskin
Pigment
Sinew
Length: 26.5 cm
Width: 10 cm
Credit Line:Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

Description

One of a pair of ankle high, leather moccasins. Stiff leather sole curls upward at the edges. Soft, buckskin upper dyed red. Slit down one side of the upper toward the front with a loose flap that wraps from one side to the other.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and Apache (20 May 1995 - 2013) View Objects in Exhibition

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