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Beaded leather moccasins with fringe and German silver cones / Unknown

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Beaded leather moccasin with geometric designs. 'Double lanes on toes in Comanche strip net technique. Small German silver spot at center of rosette. Fine rolled fringe at heel seam, no welt. Comanche pointed toe, Comanche-style tongue, square ear flaps - integrated - small German silver spots cones, Comanche-type peko (picot) with extra bead added around tongue (3 missing).' (Okla. U.)

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Title(s): 
Beaded leather moccasins with fringe and German silver cones
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Comanche
Date: 
circa 1900
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Oklahoma, Southern Plains, United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
leather, glass, German silver, cotton string
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Moccasins
Accession No: 
84.360a-b
Department: 
Anthropology
Collection: 
Kravis Discovery Center
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