Fully beaded moccasin with white background with two red bands down the toe and a hard sole. Fine bads. Red bands are unusally far apart and are at the outside of too rather than central as usually found. Typical yellow pigment on hide.

Well-worn men's moccasins. The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes intermarried a lot. The two tribes were closely aligned in their everyday life.

Tags: beadwork, leather ties, white, red, blue, hard sole, glass beads
People: possibly Cheyenne or Arapaho
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: social events, recreational activities

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology