A PAIR OF NORTHERN CHEYENNE BEADED HIDE BOOT MOCCASINS

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A PAIR OF NORTHERN CHEYENNE BEADED HIDE BOOT MOCCASINS
Sinew and thread sewn, with yellow, white, two shades of blue and translucent red beaded band on top of the upper composed of triangular motifs, the legs decorated along the bottom with a band enclosing terraced diamonds flanked by forked motifs and bisected by a narrow band in two shades of blue and translucent red beads against a lazy stitched white ground, the side flap decorated with narrow vertical bands composed of interfacing triangles, in black and translucent red beads against a white ground, accented with twenty four metal discs, the sides edged with blue beads and trimmed with twisted fringe and large black beads, fringe at the top, yellow and red ochre overall
21in. (54cm.) high

來源

Ex Collection Sherman W. Merritt

拍品專文

An exceptional pair of women's boots, this type with minimal beadwork, German silver buttons and earth paints of red and yellow was often worn in conjunction with trade cloth dresses. Examples of this type of boot are shown in the ledger drawings of Arrow, Cowdrey, 1999, Table of Contents page, and Plate 150. A comparable pair are also in the Denver Art Museum collection published in Conn, 1982.