Moccasin
45-15-482
From: United States of America | Florida | Big Cypress Band
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 45-15-482 |
| 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 | 26.67 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
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