Man's Moccasins
CulturePlateau, probably Nez Perce
Dateca. 1890
MediumNative leather, rawhide, glass and metal beads and pigment
DimensionsEach: 4 7/8 × 3 5/8 × 10 1/2 inches (12.38 × 9.21 × 26.67 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Donald D. Jones Fund for American Indian Art
Object number2002.23 A,B
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 206
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DescriptionA pair of leather moccasins, embroidered on the upper surfaces with white, pink, green, purple, red, and light blue glass and metal beads; rawhide soles with remnants of painted design. The majority of beaded surface is white, with an alternating pink and green stripe around the edge of the foot and blue and green double diamond pattern down center of top of moccasin.
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