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Leather high top moccasins with red and yellow pigment beaded designs / Unknown

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The metal buttons held the flaps together and later may have served as decoration.

Tags: leather high top moccasins, red pigment, yellow pigment, beadwork, orange glass beads, white glass beads, red glass beads, green glass beads
People: Kiowa
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: possibly domestic use or ceremonial events

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Leather high top moccasins with red and yellow pigment beaded designs
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; possibly Kiowa
Date: 
early 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
glass, hide, pigment, silver
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Moccasins
Accession No: 
84.447a-b
Previous Number(s): 
8427.447 a-b
Department: 
Anthropology
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