Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8812005

Category: Moccasins

Region: Southeast

Tribe: Cherokee

Period: 1825-1850

Materials: Native tanned deerskin; black and red silk; multi-colored glass seed beads; metallic beads; black pigment.

Description: One piece front seam moccasins with black silk covering the seam. Vamps are bead decorated in abstract designs in pink, yellow, turquoise, green, and gold beads. Integral ankle cuffs are decorated with black silk, edged in red silk.

Dimensions: Length 9.75 inches 24.8 cm

Provenance:

Mr. Mrs. Fred Boschan, Pennsylvania
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
Beadwork Storeytellers; A Visual Language, Cherokee National Museum, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, October 11, 2008 - April 19, 2009

References:

Sotheby's Auction Catalogue, Sotheby's, New York, Sale 5785, Lot 51, November 29, 1988

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