Moccasin

45-15-433A

From: United States of America | Montana

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-433A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Peigan | Blackfeet
Provenience United States of America | Montana
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Rawhide | Buffalo Hide | Glass | Flannel
Technique Beaded
Description

Rawhide solo, buffalo hide upper with parallel cut and straight feel seam. Fully beaded: with a pattern of a longitudinal pink and light blue stripe flanked by paired triangles on a white ground. The first set of triangles are clear, the second have black and yellow stripes, and the third concentric green. The back and sides have beaded triangle designs pointing downward in multiple colors. Red flannel overlay and broad beaded band on rear half, concentric stepped triangles, point down, on white ground, sewed-on shank strip.

Height 7.8 cm
Length 30.2 cm
Width 13.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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