Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8708281

Category: Moccasins

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux - Teton

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Native tanned buffalo hide; multi-colored glass seed beads; tin cones and dyed horsehair; sinew sewn.

Description: Moccasins are fully beaded, both uppers and soles. Beadwork designs are geometric forms against green and white background on uppers and blue, red yellow and white diamonds on soles. Tongues are also bead decorated.

Dimensions: Length 10.5 inches 26.7 cm.

Provenance:

Joe Nichols, Cincinnati, Ohio
Lessard Collection- SD 269
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 93

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