Moccasin

45-15-479B

From: United States of America | Florida | Big Cypress Band

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-479B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Seminole
Provenience United States of America | Florida | Big Cypress Band
Culture Area Southeast Culture Area
Date Made ca. 1870
Section American
Materials Buckskin
Description

Man's moccasins made of one piece of smoke-tanned buckskin. Straight heel and instep seams sewn with buckskin thong. Toe is puckered with a triangle of buckskin upstanding. Long thongs for lacing around the shank. The moccasins are very well worn with holes in both soles.

Length 26.67 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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