COLLECTION NAME:
Plains Tribes - comparative collection
Record
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
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