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Object Number
985-27-10/60129
Display Title
Pair of Sioux moccasins. Rawhide soles, one made from parfleche. Soft uppers.
Descriptions
Object Description
Pair of Sioux moccasins. Rawhide soles, one made from parfleche. Soft uppers. Front completely quilled with porcupine quills and quills around heel. Quill wrapped rawhide fringe w/ tinklers and horsehair at bottom. Cloth trim around opening. Rectangular tongue quilled and beaded w/ tinklers and horsehair.
Inventory Description
Moccasins, red quill design, quill fringe w/ tinklers and horsehair, ankle trim
Classification
- Moccasin
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
- Ponca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 27.9 x 10.7 x 10 cm (11 x 4 3/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
985-27-10/60129, 34157
Provenance
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Provenance
Chief Standing Bear
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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