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Moccasin (one of a pair)
Native American, Sioux
Late 19th to early 20th century
Object Place: United States, Plains
Medium/Technique
Buckskin, cotton plain-weave, and glass beads
Dimensions
28 cm (11 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number02.420
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBuckskin, ornamented with a geometric design worked with strings of beads tacked to the skin at intervals of about one centimeter. The design is red, blue, and green on a white ground.
Provenance1902, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 1, 1902)