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Pair of moccasins
Native American, Sioux
late 19th century
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Untanned hide, glass beads, sinew
Dimensions
10.5 x 10.5 x 26.5 cm (4 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number02.415-416
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBuckskin, ornamented with a geometric design worked with strings of red, blue, green, and white and yellow beads tacked by rows of sewing at intervals of about one centimeter.
Provenance1902, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 1, 1902)