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A PAIR OF EASTERN WOODLANDS QUILLED HIDE MOCCASINS
Supple hide adorned with a single broad band bisecting vamp and two broad bands along ankle cuffs, varying shades of orange (faded from red), brown and yellow quillwork framed by narrow bands of more finely stitched white quillwork, metal cone tassels, some still thread with dyed hair dangling from edge of ankle cuffs, some damage to quillwork, missing tassels
11in. (28cm.) long (2)
Supple hide adorned with a single broad band bisecting vamp and two broad bands along ankle cuffs, varying shades of orange (faded from red), brown and yellow quillwork framed by narrow bands of more finely stitched white quillwork, metal cone tassels, some still thread with dyed hair dangling from edge of ankle cuffs, some damage to quillwork, missing tassels
11in. (28cm.) long (2)
Provenance
On long term loan to the Detroit Institute of Arts from 1984 to 1995