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Man's beaded leather moccasins
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Soft soled leather moccasins with velvet and floral beadwork on the vamp and cuff
Native American; Chippewa
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Men’s beaded leather moccasins / Native American; Sioux

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Men’s beaded leather moccasins. Lanes of white and blue beadwork around perimeter with geometric designs. Vamp features green and white beading with geometric designs. Cuff has red silk sewn around the top of it. All beadwork done with lazy stitch.

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Title(s): 
Men’s beaded leather moccasins
Culture: 
Native American; Sioux
Date: 
circa 1930
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Great Plains, United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
leather, glass, silk, cotton string
Dimensions: 
3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Moccasins
Accession No: 
84.354a-b
Department: 
Anthropology
Collection: 
Kravis Discovery Center
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