Moccasin
47-21-1B
From: United States of America
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 47-21-1B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sioux |
| Provenience | United States of America |
| Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Parfleche | Buckskin | Bead | Fiber |
| Description | Sole cut from painted parfleche. Buckskin upper, U-cut, with sewed-on tongue and straight heel-seam. Solidly beaded: main design, two long triangles, green and navy narrow cross stripes, "fish"; longitudinal stripe and moccasin border, "morning-star and tipi" alternating on white ground; a second encircling border has gilt centered red "boxe on light blue ground. Moccasin top bound with red calico. |
| Length | 27.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Jean Lea, 1947 |
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