Moccasin

37642.2

From: United States of America | North Dakota | Devil's Lake Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Han-Pa
Object Number 37642.2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Yanktonai
Provenience United States of America | North Dakota | Devil's Lake Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Hide | Buckskin | Bead | Tin | Feather
Description

Rawhide sole with buckskin upper, upper is mostly beaded around the vamp, sides and back with geometric designs in multiple colors on white ground. The tounge is made up of two pieces with white and red beads at a forked end, which then terminates in tinklers with purple and white feathers. Patterned cloth around the opening.

Length 25.4 cm
Credit Line John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900

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