Beaded moccasins

Museum number:

2-72224a,b

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm210272224a@2cb

Alternate number:

10 (previous number (donor's original number))

Accession number:

Acc.4769

Description:

a) beaded moccasins. beaded thin leather upper stitched to heavier leather sole. top of uppers trimmed in blue patterned cloth. beaded patterns, mostly triangles, in blue, white, red, yellow, navy blue. thin leather thong for tying. b) mirror image of a).

Donor:

Estate of Vernon DeMars

Collection place:

United States

Verbatim coll. place:

United States

Culture or time period:

Sioux and United States Historic

Collector:

Vernon DeMars

Materials:

Leather

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Beads (pierced objects)

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb

Accession date:

August 18, 2008

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

width 12 centimeters and length 29 centimeters