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Woman’s beaded leather moccasins with geometric designs / Unknown

Essay/Description

Woman's partially beaded moccasins with hard soles. There is a beaded border with a tilted rectangular design.

Curatorial Remarks

There is no specific identifier that identifies these as women's moccasins. Worn early 20th century moccasins with a hard sole. Beaded cuff edge sewn on with thread.

Tags: plain hard sole moccasins, beadwork, beaded vamp, blue beads, white beads, green beads, leather
People: Northern Cheyenne
Places: possibly Plains or Montana
Purpose: domestic use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Woman’s beaded leather moccasins with geometric designs
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Cheyenne, Northern
Date: 
circa 1900 - 1910
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
semi-tanned hide, rawhide, sinew, glass, copper alloy, cotton thread
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
84.340a-b
Department: 
Not On View

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