Beaded Moccasins
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0047 a,b
- Description
- A pair of moccasins, the body of each slipper cut from a single piece of hide, tongue added and ankle flap as well. Heavily beaded with white bead ground and floral motifs in burgundy, blue, and brass beads on toes, on either side of vamp, and at back of heel, rosettes of red and gold on both lower…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- skin; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 11.3 x 27.9 cm
- Description
- A pair of moccasins, the body of each slipper cut from a single piece of hide, tongue added and ankle flap as well. Heavily beaded with white bead ground and floral motifs in burgundy, blue, and brass beads on toes, on either side of vamp, and at back of heel, rosettes of red and gold on both lower ankles.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- footwear
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0047 a,b
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