Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCMOC1436

Category: Moccasins

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Glass and iron beads, yellow ocher, leather, tin cones.

Description: Sole beaded moccasins on native tanned leather. Glass and faceted iron beads are applied in geometric designs and yellow ocher has been rubbed on instep beaded tabs, which have two tin cones on the tips.

Dimensions: Length 11 inches

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 65

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