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Lot 48

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$3,000 - 5,000
Price Realized
$4,375
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Lot Description

Kiowa Beaded Hide Moccasins
late 19th century


thread and sinew-sewn with remnants of hide fringe dusters; the vamps decorated with gourd stitched beaded lanes housing a central line of red pigment and further accentuated by hide fringe lining the outer edge; the cuffs and tongue are coated with green pigment, the cuffs with a matching gourd stitched edge and the tongues with a beaded medallion
 
length 10 inches

Published:
Spirits in the Art (Hanson 1994: 69, plate 71)

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