Dancing Shoes

• Artist: Pueblo, Hopi (Culture)
• Medium: Deer hide, pigments, sinew, porcupine quill, horse hair, wool
• Dates: late 19th century
• Dimensions: 10 3/16 x 4 5/16 x 7 5/16 in. (25.9 x 11 x 18.6 cm)
• Collection: Arts of the Americas
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, EXHIBITION-5, American 5W20
• Accession Number: 05.588.7175a-b
• Image: 05.588.7175a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
The blue color of these high top shoes indicates they may have been worn by Kachina Dancers. The red fringe was colored by dye made from alder bark or rubbed iron oxide. Calcium carbonate might have created the blue color. A band of porcupine quills covers the heels.