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Beaded leather moccasins with hard soles
Unidentified
Fully beaded hard soled moccasins with red, green, and white geometric deisngs against a beaded blue background
Unidentified

Beaded leather moccasins with red, blue, and white geometric design agaisnt a green background / Unidentified

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Moccasins with hard sole and fully beaded. Green field on toe with red central band–white border. Buffalo hide soles. The red beaded band simulates the Southern style of painting hide; areas left on toe between the beaded lanes.

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Title(s): 
Beaded leather moccasins with red, blue, and white geometric design agaisnt a green background
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; Oc'eti S'akowin (Sioux), Oglala
Date: 
1880–1890
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass, sinew, linen
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
84.368a-b
Previous Number(s): 
8426.368A; 24296
Department: 
Not On View

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