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1992.22.8.1

Pair of moccasins

1992.22.8.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pair of moccasins
Long description
Pair of moccasins. The colours of the beads are white, royal blue (almost navy but not quite), red, sky blue, greasy yellow, orange, forest green and gold. The green and gold ones are not standard opaque beads, they appear to be clear with an inner tube of colour. The size is that of ordinary seed beads, not big and not small. The moccasins are a made of commercially tanned hide, possibly deer? It is too thin to be cow. They are stitched with cotton or linen thread, of quilting weight. It appears waxed and stiff where bits stick out from knots, like a lightweight artificial sinew. The insides of the soles have parfleche design, painted. [El.B 11/01/2012]
Geographical reference
United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America
South Dakota Pine Ridge Reservation
Person
Maker Mrs Bessie Black Horn
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Kathleen Turvey
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1992
Date collected
By 1992
Acquisition information
Donated: 28/08/1992
Materials and processes
Material Animal Rawhide Skin, Material Bead, Material Animal Sinew, Material Pigment, Process Beadwork, Process Painted, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Length 287 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1992.22.8.1 Accession number: 1992.22.8.2
Research and responses

Laura Peers examined these moccasins in December 2011 and made the following notes: The moccasins have been worn, there is an impression of a foot on the sole. The colours of the beads are white, royal blue (almost navy but not quite), red, sky blue, greasy yellow, orange, forest green and gold. The green and gold ones are not standard opaque beads, they appear to be clear with an inner tube of colour. The size is that of ordinary seed beads, not big and not small. The moccasins are a made of commercially tanned hide, possibly deer? It is too thin to be cow. They are stitched with cotton or linen thread, of quilting weight. It appears waxed and stiff where bits stick out from knots, like a lightweight artificial sinew. The insides of the soles have parfleche design, painted. [El.B 11/01/2012]

The party of Ogala Sioux attended Bertram Mills Circus. The circus opened in London at Olympia on Monday 21 December 1925 and ended on Saturday 23 January 1926. According to Turvey the band left for Germany on 24 January 1926. [MJD 18/12/2014]

Search terms: Clothing Footgear, Shoe

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