Detail View: Plains Tribes - comparative collection: Plains Tribes

Object Name: 
moccasins, pr. adult
Tribe: 
Apache, Mescalero
Object Type: 
moccasins
Subject: 
clothing/personal
Description: 
Green dyed, partially beaded w/green, black, white translucent red, and translucent yellow glass beads. Fringe with conical tin tinklers hangs to outside of instep. Fringe in back also. High cuff. Fancy three-pronged tongue is bordered w/white and translucent red beads. Hard sole.
UNL Curatorial Comments: 
Southern Plains periphery. Publication: A.M.N.H. Anthro. Papers, vol. XVII, Fig 10, 11A, Wissler part III, pp. 111-112.
Image: 
yesimage
Museum: 
University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska
Catalog Number: 
A73.01.602ab
Primary Material: 
leather
Primary Decorative: 
glass beads
Secondary Decorative: 
metal
Length: 
29 cm
Width: 
10.5 cm
Year of Coll/Manuf: 
19th-20th C
Materials: 
leather, glass beads, metal, pigment
Provenance: 
Omaha Public Library
Collection: 
Plains Tribes