Moccasins

Museum number:
2-45407a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210245407a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3248
Description:
Buckskin uppers with red, blue, and white glass "seed" beads in geometric pattern; cowhide soles with traces of hair; sewn with sinew. Left shoe with brown leather thong in upper; inner heel painted. Right shoe with inner yellowish stain on sole.
Donor:
Christiane de Bord, Claude-Eric Lazard, Florence de Lavalette, and Sidney Lazard
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Moccasins
Context of use:
Footwear
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 27.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Moccasins, accession number 2-45407a,b, described as Buckskin uppers with red, blue, and white glass "seed" beads in geometric pattern; cowhide soles with traces of hair; sewn with sinew. Left shoe with brown leather thong in upper; inner heel painted. Right shoe with inner yellowish stain on sole.

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