Pair of beaded moccasins

Unknown Native American, Southern Cheyenne (Heéváhetaneo’o)

About 1880

Place of CreationOklahoma, United States

Medium/TechniqueDeers skin, buffalo hide, sinew thread and glass beads

DimensionsHeight x width: 10.2 × 7.6 cm (4 × 3 in.)
Length: 27.9 cm (11 in.)

Credit LineHilsinger Janson Fund for Native American Art

Accession number2018.572.1-2

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsCostumes

Collections

Provenance2009, anonymous estate, Nolanville, TX; January 24, 2009, anonymous (Nolanville estate) sale, Skinner, Boston (American Indian and Ethnographic Arts, Auction 2442), lot 121, sold to Norm Exton, Orcas Island, WA; sold by Norm Exton to H. Malcolm Grimmer, Santa Fe, NM; sold by H. Malcolm Grimmer to Harry Thomas (d. 2011), Huntsville, TX; sold by Harry Thomas to Jeff James, Texas; sold by Jerry James to Erich Erdoes, Santa Fe; sold by Erich Erdoes to H. Malcolm Grimmer, Santa Fe; about 2016/2017, sold by H. Malcolm Grimmer to Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe; sold by Morning Star Gallery to Thomas Cleary, Santa Fe; 2018, sold by Thomas Cleary to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 2018)