COLLECTION NAME:
Plains Tribes - comparative collection
Record
Object Name:
moccasins, pr. adult
Tribe:
Sioux, Brule
Object Type:
moccasins
Subject:
clothing/personal
Description:
fully beaded uppers & soles w/central triangle "hoof" motif. Green triangle divided vertically down center by white strip which is in turn divided vertically by red strip. White strip has sideways triangle "teepee" shapes along length. Green sections divided diagonally by red and blue zig-zag stripes. Beaded strip around toe and sides, white, red, white strips alternate from upper sides to bottom Light and dark blue stepped triangles "teepee" spaced evenly around the white strip, meeting tip to tip at red strip. 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:
A79.17.12ab
Primary Material:
leather
Primary Decorative:
glass beads
Length:
27 cm
Width:
9.5 cm
Year of Coll/Manuf:
1890 ca.
Materials:
leather, glass beads
Provenance:
Mrs. Marjorie Olmstead
State of Coll/Manuf:
South Dakota
Collection:
Plains Tribes
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