Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8709016

Category: Moccasins

Region: Plains

Tribe: Kiowa - Southern Arapaho?

Period: 1850-1875 - ca. 1870

Materials: Native tanned deerskin; rawhide (soles); multi-colred glass seed beads; yellow and red dry paint; sinew sewn.

Description: Two piece moccasins with supplemental tongues, welts and heel fringe. Vamps are partially bead decorated with maltese crosses and two vertical lines in center. Tongues have circular bead design. Overall hide is painted with yellow and red dry paint.

Dimensions: Length 9 inches 22.8 cm.

Provenance:

Benson Lanford Collection
Alexander Gallery
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 154

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