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Child’s beaded leather moccasins with geometric designs / Unknown

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Child’s beaded leather moccasins with geometric designs.

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Worn child's moccasins with beaded rear seams . The designs used are very similar to that of the Mescalero Apache. The beadwork around the edge of the moccasins do not reflect the Cheyenne style. Typically the Cheyenne will bead designs that look like mountains or tipis.

Tags: beadwork, beaded vamp, leather ties, beaded rear seam, white beads
People: possibly Mescalero Apache
Places: New Mexico
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 geometric designs
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American (artist and user)
Date: 
early 20th century
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
leather, glass, cotton
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Moccasins
Accession No: 
84.337a-b
Department: 
Anthropology
Collection: 
Kravis Discovery Center
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