Moccasin

Name/Title

Moccasin

Entry/Object ID

59.83.2 a & b

Description

Leather North American Indian moccasins. Leather strap around ankle (drawstring effect). Hand lined with fabric. Each moccassin is 10 1/4' X 4 1/2'. They ec. are lazy stitch beaded. The design has a white background and blue cloud designs are coming up three fold around the base in six places. Two large water designs are running down the top of the moccassin with blue cloud designs in the center. The moccassins have a flap which goes over the top of the moccassin with white, green and red beads at the base and down two tails. The end of the tails are decorated with two metal clamps and dyed yellow horse hair. Ceremonial artifact.

Context

Native American. Northern Plains Indian moccasins.

Cataloged By

vanessa

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Moccasin

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Shoe

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Footwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Exhibitions

Notes

1996

Create Date

December 31, 1991

Update Date

November 21, 2024