COLLECTION NAME:
Plains Tribes - comparative collection
Record
Object Name:
moccasins, pr. adult
Tribe:
Arapaho
Object Type:
moccasins
Subject:
clothing/personal
Description:
fully beaded uppers & sides w/inverted triangle "hoof" motif. Triangle has yellow background w/design of bars in dark blue that have inverted triangles (teepees?) pendant from the bars. Main triangle edged with dark blue and is split in the middle with white beading. This center strip has sideways triangles "teepee" in blue, red and yellow placed along the edges that meet the yellow fields. White beading extends in band around toe and sides and has the same small blue, red and yellow triangle "teepee" design placed in varying patterns around. LIght blue band just below cuff also has this same triangle motif spaced evenly around. High cuff has beading that extends partially up heel. Hard sole.
Image:
yesimage
Museum:
University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska
Catalog Number:
A97.04.039ab
Primary Material:
leather
Primary Decorative:
glass beads
Length:
26 cm
Width:
7 cm
Year of Coll/Manuf:
1950 ca.
Materials:
leather, glass beads, sinew
Provenance:
Robert S. Cox Jr., bequest
State of Coll/Manuf:
Wyoming
Collection:
Plains Tribes
