Women’s leather utilitarian moccasins / Unknown

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Women’s leather utilitarian moccasins

Creator(s):

Unknown

Culture:

Native American; Osage

Date:

late 19th century - early 20th century

Period:

Historic

Place:

Oklahoma, United States of America

Materials/Techniques:

leather, sinew

Classification:

Ethnographic Objects

Object Type:

Moccasins

Accession No:

84.290a-b

Department:

Anthropology

Collection:

Kravis Discovery Center

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Length: 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm)
Width: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

Interpretation

Description:

Women’s leather moccasins without decoration.

Curatorial Remarks:

"Moccasins were made in the Osage style commonly identified as Osage moccasins, but could be any other Plains tribe."

Dr. Garrick Bailey, Professor of Anthropology for The University of Tulsa, 2018

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

apparel, Central Plains, clothes, clothing, feet, footwear, Indians, Kravis Discovery Center, mocassins, Native American, Oklahoma, prairie, shoe, shoes, United States of America

Unknown. Women’s leather utilitarian moccasins. 84.290a-b. Kravis Discovery Center. late 19th century - early 20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/84290a-b (07/22/2019).

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Women’s leather utilitarian moccasins / Unknown

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