Ogala Lakota (Sioux) and Lakota (Sioux)
Moccasins
Teton Lakota Sioux or Oglala Sioux, 1889-1899
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Moccasins
Teton Lakota Sioux or Oglala Sioux, 1889-1899
Physical Qualities
Hide, glass and metal beads, metal, a: 4 3/16 x 3 7/8 x 11 7/16 in. (10.7 x 9.9 x 29 cm.)
b: 4 3/8 x 4 x 12 in. (11.1 x 10.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Kenneth S. Battye
Object Number
1974.64.2a-b
Unidentified Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Artist
Moccasins
c. 1890–1900
South Dakota, United States
Hide, glass and metal beads, metal
Purchased as the gift of Kenneth S. Battye, BMA 1974.64.2a-b
“This is place-based footwear. There’s nothing like walking in a pair of moccasins on Mother Earth, or even asphalt. It changes the way you feel. I think about this whether I wear my moccasins out in the city or on buffalo grass. It’s a different feeling.”
—Dana Claxton
Item sold from Greensfelder Collection, Oct. 25, 1975, at the Harris auction.
Preoccupied: Dana Claxton
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Christian F. Feest, "Native Arts of North America," New York: Oxford University Press, 1980.
Barbara A. Hail, "Hau, Kola! The Plains Indian Collectionof the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology," Providence: The Museum, 1980.
Richard A. Pohrt, "Plains Indian Moccasins with Decorated Soles," "American Indian Art Magazine," vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 32-40.
"Plains Indian Beadwork," Lowe Art Musuem, Miami 1977, p. 24.
Paul S. Wingert, "Primitive Art: Its Traditions and Styles," New York: Oxford University Press, 1962, p. 352.
"Of Pride and Spirit," Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, 1981, p. 46.
Richard Conn, "Circles of the World: Traditional Art of the Plains Indians," Denver: Denver Art Museum, 1982, ill. 67.
"I Wear the Morning Star: An Exhibition of American Indian Ghost Dance Objects," The Minneapolis Institute of Art, July 29 - September 26, 1976, p. 57.
James Maxwell, ed., "America's Fascinating Indian Heritage," Pleasantville: Reader's Digest association, 1978.
Barbara A. Hail, "Hau, Kola! The Plains Indian Collectionof the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology," Providence: The Museum, 1980.
Richard A. Pohrt, "Plains Indian Moccasins with Decorated Soles," "American Indian Art Magazine," vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 32-40.
"Plains Indian Beadwork," Lowe Art Musuem, Miami 1977, p. 24.
Paul S. Wingert, "Primitive Art: Its Traditions and Styles," New York: Oxford University Press, 1962, p. 352.
"Of Pride and Spirit," Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, 1981, p. 46.
Richard Conn, "Circles of the World: Traditional Art of the Plains Indians," Denver: Denver Art Museum, 1982, ill. 67.
"I Wear the Morning Star: An Exhibition of American Indian Ghost Dance Objects," The Minneapolis Institute of Art, July 29 - September 26, 1976, p. 57.
James Maxwell, ed., "America's Fascinating Indian Heritage," Pleasantville: Reader's Digest association, 1978.
