A PAIR OF SIOUX CEREMONIAL BEADED HIDE MOCCASINS
A PAIR OF SIOUX CEREMONIAL BEADED HIDE MOCCASINS

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A PAIR OF SIOUX CEREMONIAL BEADED HIDE MOCCASINS
sinew sewn, fully-beaded and lazy stitched in blue, green, white-heart red, greasy yellow, and geodesic on a white beaded ground, each decorated with a stepped triangle enclosing a cross on the vamp and with triangles and columns of small rectangles alternating around the foot surmounted by cross motifs around the ankle, the sole, decorated with a column of crosses enclosed by a solid band and encircled by triangular elements, with tapered tongues, hide drawstring ties, and remnants of cotton cloth on the top edge
Lengths: 10½ in. (20.7 cm.) (2)

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