Pair of Moccasins
CultureSouthern Cheyenne, Oklahoma
Dateca. 1890
MediumNative tanned leather, glass beads, and native pigment
DimensionsEach (not including fringe): 10 5/8 × 4 × 3 5/8 inches (26.99 × 10.16 × 9.21 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Anthony and Teressa Perry
Object number2018.14.1,2
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionA pair of beaded and painted leather moccasins with very long fringes extending from the heel. They are beaded overall with white-colored glass beads with beaded slender birds and geometric designs.Exhibition HistoryThe Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky, musee du quai Branly, Paris, France, April 7 - July 20, 2014; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 19, 2014 - January 11, 2015; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, March 2 - May 10, 2015.
Anthony and Teressa Perry, Edwards, CO;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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