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Beaded semi-tanned leather moccasins with geometric design
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Girl's beaded leather hightop moccasins with glass and metal beads, pigment along the sides, and fringe around the cuff
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Leather high top moccasins with multi colored beaded edging / Unknown

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Older, more simple, worn Kiowa high top moccasins. The beadwork was always more limited. Narrow bands. High top moccasins became a status symbol for woman to show off at public events.

People: Kiowa
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial events, dance, public events

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

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Title(s): 
Leather high top moccasins with multi colored beaded edging
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Kiowa
Date: 
late 19th century - early 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass, metal
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Moccasins
Accession No: 
84.441a-b
Previous Number(s): 
8427.441 a-b
Department: 
Anthropology
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