Moccasin
| Object Number: | 97-84-1058.2 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Sioux |
| Provenience: | United States of America South Dakota White River |
| Culture Area: | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Hide Buckskin Bead Quill Tin Hair |
| Length: | 29 cm |
| Width: | 11 cm |
| Depth: | 10.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number: | L-84-1058 - Old Museum Number 18349 - ANSP Number I 1912 - Gottschall Number |
Description
One of a pair of moccasins. Hard sole, buckskin upper quilled, groups of narrow red stripes alternating with solid red bands with central figure of purple and orange bars. Tongue quilled in same design, ending in quill-covered thongs and tinklers. Narrow beaded band above sole; red zigzag on white ground. Tie thong quilled, trailers.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Gottschall, Amos H. 1909. Priced and Descriptive Catalogue of the Utensils, Implements, Weapons, Ornaments, Etc., of the Indians, Mound Builders, Cliff Dwellers: Typical Collections No. 1.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: I 1912 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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