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Soft sole high top moccasins with red, white, and blue beading / Unknown

Essay/Description

Pair of boots with soft soles and a fringe top. Buckskin red, white, and blue beading. Single row of brass studs or clinkers.

Curatorial Remarks

"The moccasins were re-soled later with commercial leather. This can be identified via the stitching, original soutcher and later stitching."

Dr. Garrick Bailey, Professor of Anthropology for The University of Tulsa, 2018

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Title(s): 
Soft sole high top moccasins with red, white, and blue beading
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Comanche
Date: 
1890
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass, brass
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
84.445a-b
Previous Number(s): 
8427.445 a-b
Department: 
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