Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8805009

Category: Shoes - Beaded Shoes

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux - Southern Teton

Period: 1900-1925

Materials: Commercial tanned leather; canvas; multi-colored glass seed beads; metallic beads; sinew Sewn

Description: Commercially made women's shoes which are fully decorated with bead work. Designs consist of various geometrical patterns in red, yellow, turquoise, green, etc. beads against a white background.

Dimensions: Length 10 inches 25.4 cm

Provenance:

Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, May 27, 1995 - September 27, 1995
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, October 23, 1998 - October 3, 1999

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