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Pair of Child's Mocassins

A work made of buffalo rawhide, sewn with sinew; decorated with beads.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of buffalo rawhide, sewn with sinew; decorated with beads.

Date:

c. 1885

Artist:

Possibly Sioux
Plains, North America

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Oceti Sakowin

Title

Pair of Child's Mocassins

Place

Plains (Object made in:)

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Made 1875–1895

Medium

Buffalo rawhide, sewn with sinew; decorated with beads

Dimensions

a: 6 × 14.5 × 7.1 cm (2 3/8 × 5 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.); b: 5.6 × 14.5 × 6.6 cm (2 1/4 × 5 3/4 × 2 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. J. Ogden Armour through the Antiquarian Society

Reference Number

1933.930a-b

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