Moccasins
Mid-19th Century
Medium/TechniqueThread-sewn glass beads (white-two sizes, pink-gold, orange-red, white heart, periwinkle blue, grey-blue, pony trader blue, pink, lime green, translucent amber) on native tanned hide, blue cotton cloth, dark blue stroud, printed paper, red silk.
DimensionsLength: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)
Credit LinePartial gift of James Frank and the Frank B. Bemis Fund and Hilsinger Janson Fund for Native American Art
Accession number2013.643.1-2
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ProvenanceBy 1993, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Murray Threipland, Fingask Castle, Perth, Scotland; April 26-28, 1993, Fingask Castle sale, Christie’s, Scotland, lots 492-494, to James Frank, LaJolla, CA; consigned by James Frank to John Molloy, New York; 2013, sold by John Molloy to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 2013)
Mid-19th Century
Mid-19th Century
650–750 AD
Henry Hutt
1860
1860
