FIVE PAIRS OF PLAINS CHILDREN'S BEADED HIDE MOCCASINS
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FIVE PAIRS OF PLAINS CHILDREN'S BEADED HIDE MOCCASINS

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FIVE PAIRS OF PLAINS CHILDREN'S BEADED HIDE MOCCASINS
each pair of usual construction with forked tongues and rawhide soles, sinew sewn and lane-stitched in various shades of opaque and translucent beads, the first, with a band enclosing trianges down the vamp and around the foot; the second, with similar smaller motifs; the third, with a central cross motif on the vamp and a band of triangular devices encircling the foot; the fourth, with a dotted pattern on the vamp and large triangles encircling the foot; the fifth, with a small square element flanked by triangles on the vamp and around the foot
Lengths: ranging from 4¾ to 6¼ in. (12 to 15.7 cm.) (10)

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