Woman's leather moccasins with beaded rosette / Unknown
Essay/Description
Women's moccasins with commercially tanned leather soles. Decorated with beaded white rosette with integrated scalloped picot edge and diamond border designs.
Curatorial Remarks
Plain Osage women's leather moccasins. These appear to have been worn but not often. The sole is made from commercial leather, not rawhide. 1930-1940.
Tags: beadwork, beaded cuffs, beaded vamp, rosettered beads, blue beads, white beads
People: Osage
Places: Oklahoma
Purpose: possibly domestic use or ceremonial events
From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Tags: beadwork, beaded cuffs, beaded vamp, rosettered beads, blue beads, white beads
People: Osage
Places: Oklahoma
Purpose: possibly domestic use or ceremonial events
From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology