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Object Number
38-44-10/12859
Display Title
Pair of knee-length moccasins. Soft hide uppers; stiff rawhide soles.
Descriptions
Object Description
Pair of knee-length moccasins. Soft hide uppers; stiff rawhide soles with hair side out; fringed and stitched up the side with sinew. Both boots are decoratively beaded from top to toe with circles connected with straight bands. Most of the circles are painted in their centers w/ earth colors of yellow and green. The boots have skin thong draw strings at the ankle and top of the calf.
Inventory Description
Pair of boots, leather, fringed, beaded geometric design, ankle tie, pigmented
Classification
- Boot
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mescalero
- Arapaho?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Dimensions
Overall: 33.5 x 27.6 x 10 cm (13 3/16 x 10 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
12859
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman
(01/01/1888-01/01/1916)
Donor
Mrs. Henry H. Richardson
(05/02/1938)
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