Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCHTM1849

Category: Moccasins - High-top

Region: Plains

Tribe: Cheyenne

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Buckskin, glass beads, German silver, pigment, rawhide.

Description: Ladies high-tops made from native tanned buckskin that is colored with yellow and green pigments. Glass beads decorate the entire bottom half and a single row of German silver buttons punctuate the ankles and shins. The soles are rawhide.

Dimensions: Height 14 inches

Provenance:

Nebraska Historical Society by trade.

Exhibitions:

Exhibited in a Plains Indian display at the Nebraska Historical Society

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 73

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