Moccasins

Museum number:
2-59110a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210259110a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2728
Description:
Pair. Buckskin with rawhide soles; exterior split tongue running to toe. All over beaded with yellow, light blue, navy blue and red glass seed beads; stepped line and triangle designs. Metal pendant ornaments on end of tongue and around ankle; red ochre on ankle; shoe string ties; two twisted buckskin strings on heel. Leather uppers joined at heel.
Donor:
Bill Reed Adams, Ira Carlton Adams, Jeffrey Carlton Adams, and Rosemary Jeffreys Adams
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
Ira Carlton Adams
Collection date:
October 20, 1975
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Moccasins
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Daily garb.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 10.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1980-1981 #24: Palo Alto Cultural Center (October 28, 1980–January 23, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Moccasins, accession number 2-59110a,b, described as Pair. Buckskin with rawhide soles; exterior split tongue running to toe. All over beaded with yellow, light blue, navy blue and red glass seed beads; stepped line and triangle designs. Metal pendant ornaments on end of tongue and around ankle; red ochre on ankle; shoe string ties; two twisted buckskin strings on heel. Leather uppers joined at heel.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Moccasins, accession number 2-59110a,b, described as Pair. Buckskin with rawhide soles; exterior split tongue running to toe. All over beaded with yellow, light blue, navy blue and red glass seed beads; stepped line and triangle designs. Metal pendant ornaments on end of tongue and around ankle; red ochre on ankle; shoe string ties; two twisted buckskin strings on heel. Leather uppers joined at heel.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Moccasins, accession number 2-59110a,b, described as Pair. Buckskin with rawhide soles; exterior split tongue running to toe. All over beaded with yellow, light blue, navy blue and red glass seed beads; stepped line and triangle designs. Metal pendant ornaments on end of tongue and around ankle; red ochre on ankle; shoe string ties; two twisted buckskin strings on heel. Leather uppers joined at heel.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Moccasins, accession number 2-59110a,b, described as Pair. Buckskin with rawhide soles; exterior split tongue running to toe. All over beaded with yellow, light blue, navy blue and red glass seed beads; stepped line and triangle designs. Metal pendant ornaments on end of tongue and around ankle; red ochre on ankle; shoe string ties; two twisted buckskin strings on heel. Leather uppers joined at heel.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Moccasins, accession number 2-59110a,b, described as Pair. Buckskin with rawhide soles; exterior split tongue running to toe. All over beaded with yellow, light blue, navy blue and red glass seed beads; stepped line and triangle designs. Metal pendant ornaments on end of tongue and around ankle; red ochre on ankle; shoe string ties; two twisted buckskin strings on heel. Leather uppers joined at heel.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Moccasins, accession number 2-59110a,b, described as Pair. Buckskin with rawhide soles; exterior split tongue running to toe. All over beaded with yellow, light blue, navy blue and red glass seed beads; stepped line and triangle designs. Metal pendant ornaments on end of tongue and around ankle; red ochre on ankle; shoe string ties; two twisted buckskin strings on heel. Leather uppers joined at heel.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Moccasins, accession number 2-59110a,b, described as Pair. Buckskin with rawhide soles; exterior split tongue running to toe. All over beaded with yellow, light blue, navy blue and red glass seed beads; stepped line and triangle designs. Metal pendant ornaments on end of tongue and around ankle; red ochre on ankle; shoe string ties; two twisted buckskin strings on heel. Leather uppers joined at heel.

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