Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCMOC1817

Category: Moccasins

Region: Plains

Tribe: Kiowa

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Buckskin, beads, rawhide, yellow, blue and green ocher.

Description: Hard rawhide soles are sinew stitched to soft buskskin tops that are beaded around the outside and on the vamp. Yellow and green ocher has been applied to the body of the moccasins and a band of blue ocher is inside the cuff. Green ocher covers the fringe that hangs from the heels.

Dimensions: Length 9.5 inches

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 67

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