Moccasin

45-15-447B

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-447B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Blackfeet
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area (uncertain)
Section American
Materials Rawhide | Buckskin (uncertain) | Moose Skin (uncertain) | Fiber | Glass
Technique Beaded | Smoked | Stained
Description

Buckskin or mooseskin moccasin. Smoke-tanned and stained red. Sole and upper in one piece. T-heel seam with a short "trailer" at each end. T-cut instep and sewed-on oblong tongue. Top outer side and heel seam solidly beaded in block with a triangular and twisted design with red, yellow, green, and four shades of blue in seed and pony beads. Seam dotted with white beads.

Height 13.5 cm
Length 25.5 cm
Width 12 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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