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Attached tag reads: "Apache near Dulce Lake, N. Mex".
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A PAIR OF WOMAN'S APACHE BEADED HIDE BOOTS
Sinew and thread sewn, with a blue, white, yellow and translucent red beaded medallion on top of the upper, a narrow beaded band border around the foot and along the top decorated with linked diamond and cross motifs in translucent red and green beads against light blue beaded ground, the legs sewn with a similar band border along the bottom, the side flap decorated with a vertical pattern of alternating circular and diamond motifs in white, blue and translucent red beads accented with ten brass discs, fringe tab at top and fringe along behind the side flaps, painted overall in yellow and red ochre, seams outlined in red pigment
17in. (45.1cm.) long (2)
Sinew and thread sewn, with a blue, white, yellow and translucent red beaded medallion on top of the upper, a narrow beaded band border around the foot and along the top decorated with linked diamond and cross motifs in translucent red and green beads against light blue beaded ground, the legs sewn with a similar band border along the bottom, the side flap decorated with a vertical pattern of alternating circular and diamond motifs in white, blue and translucent red beads accented with ten brass discs, fringe tab at top and fringe along behind the side flaps, painted overall in yellow and red ochre, seams outlined in red pigment
17in. (45.1cm.) long (2)