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Object Number
996-4-10/75389
Display Title
Pair of moccasins
Descriptions
Object Description
Pair of moccasins; deer skin and buffalo hide; uppers with brilliant orange-red glass bead ground with stepped diamond pattern in white, indigo, yellow, turquoise and orange-red glass beads; small white glass bead rectangles between the stepped diamonds; crimson commercial cotton cloth hand-stitched along the openings; very stiff, misshapen
Inventory Description
Moccasins, beaded geometric designs on leather, fabric cuff, worn
Classification
- Moccasin
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1870-1910
Culture
- Cheyenne
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Montana
/
Rosebud County
/
Lamedeer
Additional Geographic Terms
Cheyenne Reservation, North
Dimensions
Overall: 28 x 10.5 x 13 cm (11 x 4 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
996-4-10/75389
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
Donor
Barbara Whaley
(2/14/96)
Donor
Leonard Whaley
(2/14/1996)
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