A PAIR OF SIOUX BEADED AND QUILLED HIDE MOCCASINS
A PAIR OF SIOUX BEADED AND QUILLED HIDE MOCCASINS

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A PAIR OF SIOUX BEADED AND QUILLED HIDE MOCCASINS
Rawhide sole, uppers fully quilled with a yellow and blue cross and red ground, a sinew sewn beaded band encircling foot composed of blue, yellow and translucent red beads forming "tipi" designs against a white ground, done in a lazy stitch, cuffs trimmed with floral printed cotton cloth and composed of parfleche slats wrapped in red, orange and blue quillwork and accented with tin cone suspensions with dyed yellow horse hair, the tab with single band of blue beads and the end also decorated with similar quilled slats and tin cone suspensions, hide tie at tab, four hide strips attached at heel
11in. (29.2cm.) long

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