Detail View: Plains Tribes - comparative collection: Plains Tribes

Object Name: 
moccasins, pr., child's
Tribe: 
Sioux, Brule
Object Type: 
moccasins
Subject: 
clothing/personal
Description: 
plain w/small central cross in yellow w/red center on upper. Beaded strip around toe and lower side in yellow with red triangles space evenly around except at heel. Cuffed. Hard sole
UNL Curatorial Comments: 
Collected at Rosebud Reservation by James Henry Garrett who was a teacher there in 1889, and probably for several years before and after. J.H. Garrett (c. 1865-1958) was the father of Marjorie Olmstead.
Image: 
yesimage
Museum: 
University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska
Catalog Number: 
A79.17.09ab
Primary Material: 
leather
Primary Decorative: 
glass beads
Length: 
13.5 cm
Width: 
5.5 cm
Year of Coll/Manuf: 
1890 ca.
Materials: 
leather, glass beads
Provenance: 
Mrs. Marjorie Olmstead
State of Coll/Manuf: 
South Dakota
Collection: 
Plains Tribes