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Child’s beaded leather moccasins with silk cuffs / Unknown

Essay/Description

Child’s beaded leather moccasins with geometric designs.

Curatorial Remarks

Eastern style child's soft soled leather moccasins. Simple design on the toe. The leather has been brought up to make the cuff. These style of moccasins wear out quicker than other styles. The beadwork on the toe covers up the bunched stitching on toe. Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Cherokee and other Eastern tribes resemble this style of moccasin. Hard sole moccasins are found with Plains tribes.

People: Delaware
Places: Eastern Woodlands, Eastern Oklahoma, Central Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use

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

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Title(s): 
Child’s beaded leather moccasins with silk cuffs
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Delaware
Date: 
circa 1910 - 1920
Place: 
Oklahoma, United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
leather, glass, silk, cotton
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
84.279a-b
Department: 
Not On View

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