Moccasin

45-15-366B

From: United States of America | Oklahoma

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-366B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Southern Arapaho
Provenience United States of America | Oklahoma
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Rawhide | Buckskin | Glass
Technique Tanned | Beaded
Iconography Butterfly | Triangle
Description

Man's moccasins. Rawhide sole, smoke-tanned buckskin upper, T-cut, sewed on tongue. Beaded with encircling band, instep band and bands to simulate seam covering, also beaded covering for tie thong. Light and dark blue and red on white. Design of butterfly and triangles.

Length 27.3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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