Moccasin

97-84-1552.2

From: United States of America | Oklahoma | Near Canadian River

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 97-84-1552.2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cheyenne (culture) | Arapaho
Provenience United States of America | Oklahoma | Near Canadian River
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Rawhide | Buckskin | Pigment | Bead
Description

One of a pair of man's moccasins of rawhide soles and buckskin uppers, stained yellow. Tongue one piece with upper, Y cut. Beaded circumferal and ankle bands; instep and twin longitudinal stripes with red painted surface between. Long fringe at back seam and shorter fringe attached at outer longitudinal stripe, Apache borrowing. Green, gold, red, pink, dark and light blue.

Length 27.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-84-1552 - Old Museum Number | 17705 - ANSP Number | II 1034 - Gottschall Number

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