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Pair of beaded moccasins
Native American, Southern Cheyenne
About 1880
Place of Creation: Oklahoma, United States
Medium/Technique
Deers skin, buffalo hide, sinew thread and glass beads
Dimensions
Height x width: 10.2 × 7.6 cm (4 × 3 in.)
Length: 27.9 cm (11 in.)
Length: 27.9 cm (11 in.)
Credit Line
Hilsinger Janson Fund for Native American Art
Accession Number2018.572.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionPair of beaded moccasins, probably made for a man. Soles made from repurposed hide parfleche with green and black painted designs. Uppers made from tanned deerskin with edge of opening and forked tongue with pink and green beads. Beadwork on vamp consists of a band of red, black and blue beads on white. Beadwork on sides consists of a double row of stepped black triangle motifs bisected by a red stripe on white.
Provenance2009, anonymous estate, Nolanville, TX; January 24, 2009, anonymous (Nolanville estate) sale, Skinner, Boston (American Indian and Ethnographic Arts, Auction 2442), lot 121, sold to Norm Exton, Orcas Island, WA; sold by Norm Exton to H. Malcolm Grimmer, Santa Fe, NM; sold by H. Malcolm Grimmer to Harry Thomas (d. 2011), Huntsville, TX; sold by Harry Thomas to Jeff James, Texas; sold by Jerry James to Erich Erdoes, Santa Fe; sold by Erich Erdoes to H. Malcolm Grimmer, Santa Fe; about 2016/2017, sold by H. Malcolm Grimmer to Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe; sold by Morning Star Gallery to Thomas Cleary, Santa Fe; 2018, sold by Thomas Cleary to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 2018)