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Pair of Women's Moccasins Attached to Leggings

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Osage, Comanche
MEDIUM Hide, pigment, glass beads, sinew, fur
DATES early 20th century
DIMENSIONS 24 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (62.2 x 8.3 x 24.1 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 11.694.9055a-b
CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Knee-high moccasins with a turned-over flap at the top that is longer in back than in front and fringed. A separate band of hide is trimmed with beadwork and sewn down the front of the leg, overlapping the base of the foot. Another band of beadwork runs around the bottom of legging where it joins the moccasin.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Osage, Comanche. Pair of Women's Moccasins Attached to Leggings, early 20th century. Hide, pigment, glass beads, sinew, fur, 24 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (62.2 x 8.3 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund, 11.694.9055a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 11.694.9055a-b_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 11.694.9055a-b_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008
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