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Man's beaded and quilled leather moccasins with thunderbird design / Unknown

Essay/Description

Men’s beaded and quilled leather moccasins. The vamp background is made up of orange and purple quills with a purple quilled bird in the center. Perimeter is beaded with a white background and black, red, and yellow, geometric designs. Small lane of beads across instep. Beadwork is done with lazy stitch.

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Title(s): 
Man's beaded and quilled leather moccasins with thunderbird design
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Cheyenne
Date: 
circa 1900 - 1910
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
semi-tanned hide, rawhide, glass, porcupine quills, dye, sinew, cotton
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
84.364a-b
Previous Number(s): 
8427.364 a-b; 8427.364; 84.364
Department: 
Not On View

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