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Moccasin

Object Number:86-39-14A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Blackfeet
Provenience: Montana
Culture Area: Great Plains Culture Area
Date Made: 1800-1986
Early Date: 1800
Late Date: 1986
Section:American
Materials:Leather
Bead
Fiber
Height: 15 cm
Length: 25.5 cm
Width: 10 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Marshall J. Becker, 1986

Description

Leather with beaded geometric design all over. White ground with blue and yellow shapes on the front. Sides have parallel bands of pink and yellow with geometrics in blue. The tongue of the right moccasin is decorated with triangles of blue, green, black and yellow. The tongue of the left moccasin is undecorated. Red felt along the back. Two ties.

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