Moccasin

39-18-15.1

From: United States of America | South Dakota | Pine Ridge Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 39-18-15.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Oglala
Provenience United States of America | South Dakota | Pine Ridge Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Hide | Buckskin | Fiber | Bead | Quill
Description

Rawhide soles; low buckskin [thick, brown, elk(?)] tops with tongue of same piece. Muslin (?) ankle flaps; buckskin tying thongs. Band of beads, rectilinear designs on blue background, on uppers along soles; vamp with design in dyed porcupine quill.

Length 17 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Robert Frazier, 1939

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