Male doll with beaded buckskin and fringe
Child’s beaded leather moccasins with geometric designs / Unknown
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Child’s beaded leather moccasins with geometric designs.
In the Northeastern tribes, men and women would wear moccasins or boots made from animals’ hocks, or hind legs. The footwear was sometimes decorated with quillwork or embroidery. Floral and nature-inspired patterns were the most frequently used (Paterek 1994, 42-43).