Apsáalooke (Crow)
Pair of moccasins with foliate motifs
Absaroke (Crow), 1879-1898
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Apsáalooke (Crow)
Pair of moccasins with foliate motifs
Absaroke (Crow), 1879-1898
Physical Qualities
Hide, glass beads, cloth, a: 11 × 3 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (28 × 9.9 × 20 cm.)
b: 11 × 3 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (28 × 9.5 × 20 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Richard W. Case, Sparks, Maryland
Object Number
1985.143a-b
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1985; Mrs. Richard W. Case, Sparks, Maryland; Ralph Case (father-in-law of donor) collected beginning probably in early 30's, 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).
Richard Conn, "Circles of the World: Traditional Art of the Plains Indians," Denver Art Museum, 1982, ill. 61.
