Moccasin

45-15-485

From: United States of America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-485
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Arapaho (uncertain)
Provenience United States of America
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Rawhide | Buckskin | Sinew | Glass
Technique Beaded
Description

Child's moccasin. Rawhide sole, buckskin upper, sinew sewn, T-cut and straight heel seam, no tongue, short shank piece sewed on with buckskin thong. Remains of sinew-sewn beading on instep, vertical blue bar and lateral green triangular pendants, in bad condition.

Length 17.14 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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