Multicolored Beaded Moccasins, c.1890

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Multicolored Beaded Moccasins, c.1890
Multicolored Beaded Moccasins, c.1890
Multicolored Beaded Moccasins, c.1890
Artifact/Collection Number: 
AC 2002.2_3
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 moccasins are decorated with intricate beaded designs in pink, yellow, light blue, green, red, white and dark blue. This pair 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