Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8708100

Category: Moccasins

Region: Plains

Tribe: Cheyenne - Teton

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Native tanned deerskin; multi-colored glass seed beads; sinew sewn.

Description: The vamps of these moccasins are decorated with a large keyhole design in red, white, black and blue beads. There are concentric circles of red and white beads divided by a thin hourglass in red and blue and outlined in black.

Dimensions: Length 9.5 inches 24.2 cm.

Provenance:

Lessard Collection- SD 77
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 25

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