Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8708255

Category: Moccasins

Region: Plains

Tribe: Blackfoot

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Native tanned and smoked moose hide; native tanned and smoked deerskin (cuffs); multi-colored glass seed beads; red wool cloth; sinew sewn.

Description: One piece, soft sole, side seam moccasins with supplemental ankle cuffs. Vamps are fully bead decorated with stepped geometric patterns in blue, black yellow and red against a white background. Red wool is placed as a decorative element along sides below cuffs.

Dimensions: 10 inches 25.4 cm.

Provenance:

Robert Bauver, Mass.
Lessard Collection- SD 242
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 153

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