Pair of Moccasins
Arts of the Americas
MEDIUM
Hide, porcupine twill
DATES
ca. 1882
DIMENSIONS
10 7/16 x 3 15/16 in. (26.5 x 10 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
43.201.66a-b
CREDIT LINE
Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Pair of moccasins. The quillwork is called Fort Berthold quillwork, a form of hatch quillwork done in North Dakota. It is unusual to see them on moccasins and this pair is very fine. They would not have been worn during a sun dance but used to slip on the feet when the dancer left the sun dance circle, or stepped out of the ring. The Hidatsa Arikara also made the sun design but the Sioux are the only ones who continued to do this design.
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Sioux. Pair of Moccasins, ca. 1882. Hide, porcupine twill, 10 7/16 x 3 15/16 in. (26.5 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks, 43.201.66a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 43.201.66a-b_view1_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 43.201.66a-b_view1_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008
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