Floral Design Beaded Moccasins, c.1890

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Floral Design Beaded Moccasins, c.1890
Floral Design Beaded Moccasins, c.1890
Floral Design Beaded Moccasins, c.1890
Artifact/Collection Number: 
AC 2002.2_4
Location: 
Shelf 32 Box 4

A pair of tan leather moccasins believed to be from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes at Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho. The pair of moccasins are decorated with an intricate beaded floral design with pink, yellow, gold, blue, black, green and white beads. One of the flaps of fabric around the ankle is trimmed with dark blue and red fabric. This pair of moccasins belonged to Zatae Longsdorff, class of 1887.

Decade: 
1890-1899
Origin: 
Gift of Enid Straw, 1968 and 1975
Groups and Organizations: 
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
People: 
Longsdorff, Zatae
Subject: 
moccasins
bead work
Native Americans
Format: 
Clothing