Moccasin

49-19-8B

From: Great Plains (Plain)

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 49-19-8B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Great Plains (Plain)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Rawhide | Bead | Skin
Description

Rawhide sole. Upper piece with vertical heel seam. Instep opening cut as a T, instep piece sewn to the transverse part of cut. Holes in ankle extension through which narrow ankle band is drawn.

Beaded square made up of 20 small squares each of a different color, placed diagonally in front. Small triangles of red, white, and blue beasd wing out from corners of large square. Colors of square-red, light blue, dark blue, yellow, and green.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. T. M. Meryweather, 1949

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