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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
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)