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ANOTHER PROPERTY
A PAIR OF SIOUX BEADED AND QUILLED HIDE CEREMONIAL MOCCASINS
Details
A PAIR OF SIOUX BEADED AND QUILLED HIDE CEREMONIAL MOCCASINS
of usual form, sinew sewn, each painted with yellow ochre and decorated on the vamp with yellow, orange, and purple-dyed porcupine quillwork, similar decoration on the soft soles, enclosed by a band of blue beads, quill-wrapped drawstring ties
Lengths: 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) each (2)
of usual form, sinew sewn, each painted with yellow ochre and decorated on the vamp with yellow, orange, and purple-dyed porcupine quillwork, similar decoration on the soft soles, enclosed by a band of blue beads, quill-wrapped drawstring ties
Lengths: 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) each (2)
Provenance
Ex-collection: Richard A. Pohrt
Literature
Illustrated in "Plains Indian Moccasins with Decorated Soles" by Richard A. Pohrt in American Indian Art Magazine, p. 38.