Beaded moccasins with blue and red geometric designs against a white background / Unknown

Essay/Description

Women's beaded leather moccasins. Beaded white background with small geometric designs around perimeter and a camp circle design. Beaded in blue and white on vamp. Beading is done with lazy stitch.

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Beaded moccasins with blue and red geometric designs against a white background

Creator(s):

Unknown

Culture:

Native American; Cheyenne

Date:

19th century - mid-20th century

Materials/Techniques:

leather, glass, sinew

Classification:

Ethnographic Objects

Clothing and Garments

Object Type:

Moccasins

Accession No:

84.284a-b

Previous Number(s):

8426.284a-b; 8426.284; 84.284

Department:

Anthropology

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Width: 3 5/16in. (8.4cm)
Length: 10in. (25.4cm)

Other (Largest Representative Moccasin Size):

Width: 3 1/2in. (3.50000in.)
Length: 10in. (25.4cm)
Depth: 3 5/8in. (3.62500in.)

Unknown. Beaded moccasins with blue and red geometric designs against a white background. 84.284a-b. 19th century - mid-20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/84284a-b (06/25/2018).

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