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Beaded buffalo hide moccasins with metal cone tassels on the tongue / Native American; Sioux

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Fully beaded buffalo hide with white beads around edge with lodge designs and crosses-dark green beads on top. Tassel ending: cones with red feathers.

Furst, Peter T., and Jill L. Furst. North American Indian Art. New York: Artpress Books, 1982.
Paterek, Josephine. Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1994.

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Title(s): 
Beaded buffalo hide moccasins with metal cone tassels on the tongue; Fully beaded with white beads around edge and lodge designs and crosses-dark green beads on top
Culture: 
Native American; Sioux
Date: 
circa 1900
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Great Plains, United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
leather, glass, cotton cloth, metal, feathers, cotton string
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
84.371a-b
Previous Number(s): 
8427.371a-b
Department: 
Not On View

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