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Beaded leather moccasins with white beaded border around perimeter with tipi designs / Native American; Sioux

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Beaded leather moccasins. White beaded border around perimeter with tipi designs. Vamp features buffalo print with various geometric designs. Tongue is beaded in two rows ending with metal cones and dyed red horse hair. Top of cuff has piece of red cotton cloth sewn on to it. All beading done with lazy stitch.

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Title(s): 
Beaded leather moccasins with white beaded border around perimeter with tipi designs
Culture: 
Native American; Sioux
Date: 
circa 1880
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Great Plains, United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
leather, glass, metal, feathers, cotton cloth, sinew
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
84.328a-b
Department: 
Not On View

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