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Moccasins

Culture
Ute artist
Date
c.1890
Material
Tanned hide, rawhide, glass beads, and pigment
made in
United States, North and Central America
Classification
Costume & clothing, textiles
Collection
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
each: 5 × 4 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (12.7 × 11.4 × 26.7 cm)
Credit Line
The Donald Danforth Jr. Collection, Gift of Mrs. Donald Danforth Jr.
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
172:2011a,b
NOTES
The beaded pattern on the front panel of these Ute-style moccasins recalls a Plains design which predates the Reservation Period. A large triangular tongue and soft, pigmented hide are subtlely embellished with a beaded panel down the front and piping along the lower seam.
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