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Moccasins

Datec. 1870
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 5 × 10 1/2 in. (7.6 × 12.7 × 26.7 cm)
Object numberT0392a-b
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextIn the second half of the 19th century, the Iowa developed their own version of stylized floral beadwork introduced to them by the Winnebago, Potawatomi and Saux and Fox. From the Iowa this style spread to the Oto, Missouri and Osage people.

ProvenanceDavid Wooley, Corrales, New Mexico; 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.107.

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. 121.
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