Artist:Eastern, Sioux
Medium: Smoked buckskin, deer skin, deer hair, porcupine quills, copper
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:early 19th century
Dimensions: 4 x 11 in. (10.2 x 27.9 cm)
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Accession Number: 50.67.20a-b
Image: 50.67.20a-b_SL1.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Pair of moccasins constructed with smoked buckskin that is gathered into a series of small folds or "puckers" by seams running from the area above the toes to the area below the ankle. The seams are decorated by quillwork made up of orange lines and centered white and dark purple triangles crossed by a series of four additional linear designs. The seams of the heel are decorated in simple configured quillwork bands of white, light blue, and dark purple crosses. Cuffs are added onto the moccasins as separate semi-circular pieces of deerskin with quilled borders containing an undulating dark purple band and several straight lines. Metal cones, stuffed with dyed red deer hair are suspended from the edges of the cuffs.