Detail View: Plains Tribes - comparative collection: Plains Tribes
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Object Name:
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moccasins, pr. adult
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Tribe:
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Arapaho
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Object Type:
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moccasins
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Subject:
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clothing/personal
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Description:
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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.
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Image:
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yesimage
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Museum:
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University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska
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Catalog Number:
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A97.04.039ab
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Primary Material:
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leather
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Primary Decorative:
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glass beads
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Length:
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26 cm
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Width:
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7 cm
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Year of Coll/Manuf:
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1950 ca.
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Materials:
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leather, glass beads, sinew
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Provenance:
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Robert S. Cox Jr., bequest
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State of Coll/Manuf:
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Wyoming
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Collection:
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Plains Tribes
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