Blackfeet
Pair of Beaded Moccasins with Foliate Motifs and Scalloped Fringe
Santee Sioux (Eastern Dakota), 1867
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Blackfeet
Pair of Beaded Moccasins with Foliate Motifs and Scalloped Fringe
Santee Sioux (Eastern Dakota), 1867
Physical Qualities
Hide, glass and metal beads, yarn, a: 9 15/16 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (25.2 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm.)
b: 10 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (26.1 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Richard W. Case, Sparks, Maryland
Object Number
1985.144a-b
Ralph Case (father-in-law- of donor) collected beginning probably in early 30s, perhaps earlier. Acted as attorney for the Sioux nation in suit against U.S. Government from 1932 to 1966. Was born on a Sioux reservation (c. 1880s/90s); son of a frontier sheriff. (Information from donor, 1984)
Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Shared Tradition: Native North American Beadwork", Berman Textile Gallery, August 7, 1990-January 20, 1991.
