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Moccasins

Datec. 1880
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 4 × 10 in. (11.4 × 10.2 × 25.4 cm)
Object numberT0365a-b
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextUte women combined colorful beading, painting, and fringing to create visually dynamic moccasins. The beaded elements are restrained with the inclusion of simple geometric around the border and two bands of beadwork on the vamp. The long fringe at the heels obscured the wearer’s footprints making his tracks disappear into ground as he walked.
ProvenanceBob Doyle, Lake Placid, New York; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.125.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 136.
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