Moccasin
45-15-481
From: United States of America | Florida | Big Cypress Band
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 45-15-481 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Seminole |
Provenience | United States of America | Florida | Big Cypress Band |
Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Buckskin | Fiber | Glass |
Technique | Beaded |
Description | Dance moccasin. One piece buckskin: straight heel seam puckered at bottom and sewed with buckskin thong. Instep seam puckered toward toe, top of foot overlaid by a U-shaped piece of black cloth edged with red (like a moccasin pattern) and beaded in bold zig-zags. Beading on left side only broken stitches show loss of decoration. |
Length | 26.04 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
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