Moccasin

45-15-430A

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-430A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Rawhide | Quill | Glass
Technique Beaded
Description

Rawhide sole, smoke-tanned one piece upper, T-cut. Crossed by three bands of red quilling with central figure "star" white and purple, yellow and green, white and purple, pairs of red quilled lines alternating with bands. Narrow beaded moccasin border diagonal dotted white bars and red H's on green ground, sewed-on tongue with beaded end.

Length 24.76 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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