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Beaded leather moccasin with geometric designs on vamp and fringed instep / Unknown

Curatorial Remarks

Southern Plains or pan-Indian style. This style became a standard for Native American church ceremonies. These may have been wore to a powwow or peyote meeting.

People: Muscogee (Creek)
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: peyote meeting, ceremonial events

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

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Title(s): 
Beaded leather moccasin with geometric designs on vamp and fringed instep
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Solomon McCombs (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Muscogee (Creek)
Date: 
1960s
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Oklahoma, United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass, cotton
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Gift of Margarita McCombs
Accession No: 
84.2283a-b
Department: 
Not On View

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