Santee Sioux (Eastern Dakota)
Pair of moccasins
Dakota (Eastern Sioux), 1900-1999
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Santee Sioux (Eastern Dakota)
Pair of moccasins
Dakota (Eastern Sioux), 1900-1999
Physical Qualities
Leather, glass beads, cotton, velvet, sinew, thread, a: 9 7/16 × 3 9/16 in. (24 × 9 cm.)
b: 9 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (24.2 × 9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carlson Brown Klapthor, Washington, D.C., in Memory of Margaret B. and Frank E. Klapthor
Object Number
1995.110a-b
Beaded leather upper with separate stitched sole; velvet edging on tongue and around ankle; uppers have cotton(?) fabric lining. Upper edge of ankle is 'pinked'. Beading on vamp and lateral sides. Abstract floral design with many faceted beads to make design sparkle in light. Each vamp: 2 yellow 'flowers', 1 blue, pink, white 'flower'; blue, white, green 'leaves' all extending from white and green diamond on red 'stems'. Each lateral side: blue and pink five-pointed, star-shaped 'flower', yellow, white, red, blue 'leaves' on blue and yellow 'stem'.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1995; Paul Klapthor, Sumter, SC, and Carlson Brown Klapthor, Washington D.C.
Inscribed: None
