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High Beaded Boots

Arts of the Americas

MEDIUM Hide, rawhide, beads
  • Place Made: United States
  • DATES 19th century
    DIMENSIONS 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER 50.67.25a-b
    CREDIT LINE Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1848, provenance not yet documented; by 1848, acquired by Nathan Sturges Jarvis; 1848, gift of Nathan Sturges Jarvis to the New-York Historical Society, New York, NY; 1937, loaned by the New-York Historical Society to the Brooklyn Museum; 1950, purchased from the New-York Historical Society by the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Hide boots with beaded trim in chevron pattern rows along calf and around vamp.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Apache (possibly Mescalero). High Beaded Boots, 19th century. Hide, rawhide, beads, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.25a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.67.25a-b_view1.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.50.67.25a-b_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
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    Apache (possibly Mescalero). <em>High Beaded Boots</em>, 19th century. Hide, rawhide, beads, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.25a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.67.25a-b_view1.jpg)

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