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Apache (possibly Mescalero). <em>High Beaded Boots</em>, 19th century. Hide, rawhide, beads, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.25a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.67.25a-b_view1.jpg)
Apache (possibly Mescalero). High Beaded Boots, 19th century. Hide, rawhide, beads, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.25a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.67.25a-b_view1.jpg)
Apache (possibly Mescalero). <em>High Beaded Boots</em>, 19th century. Hide, rawhide, beads, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.25a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.67.25a-b_view1.jpg)

Apache (possibly Mescalero). High Beaded Boots, 19th century. Hide, rawhide, beads, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.25a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.67.25a-b_view1.jpg)

Apache (possibly Mescalero). <em>High Beaded Boots</em>, 19th century. Hide, rawhide, beads, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.25a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.67.25a-b_view2.jpg)

Apache (possibly Mescalero). High Beaded Boots, 19th century. Hide, rawhide, beads, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.25a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.67.25a-b_view2.jpg)

Apache (possibly Mescalero). <em>High Beaded Boots</em>, 19th century. Hide, rawhide, beads, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.25a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.25a-b_bw_SL1.jpg)

Apache (possibly Mescalero). High Beaded Boots, 19th century. Hide, rawhide, beads, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.25a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.25a-b_bw_SL1.jpg)

Apache (possibly Mescalero). <em>High Beaded Boots</em>, 19th century. Hide, rawhide, beads, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.25a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 50.67.17_possibly_50.67.55_50.67.16_50.67.25a-b_and_unknown_at_top_glass_bw.jpg)

Apache (possibly Mescalero). High Beaded Boots, 19th century. Hide, rawhide, beads, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.25a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 50.67.17_possibly_50.67.55_50.67.16_50.67.25a-b_and_unknown_at_top_glass_bw.jpg)

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High Beaded Boots

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Apache (possibly Mescalero)
MEDIUM Hide, rawhide, beads
  • Place Made: United States
    • DATES 19th century
    DIMENSIONS 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER 50.67.25a-b
    CREDIT LINE Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1848, provenance not yet documented; by 1848, acquired by Nathan Sturges Jarvis; 1848, gift of Nathan Sturges Jarvis to the New-York Historical Society, New York, NY; 1937, loaned by the New-York Historical Society to the Brooklyn Museum; 1950, purchased from the New-York Historical Society by the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Hide boots with beaded trim in chevron pattern rows along calf and around vamp.
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    CAPTION Apache (possibly Mescalero). High Beaded Boots, 19th century. Hide, rawhide, beads, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.25a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.67.25a-b_view1.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.50.67.25a-b_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
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    Apache (possibly Mescalero). <em>High Beaded Boots</em>, 19th century. Hide, rawhide, beads, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 11.4 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.25a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.67.25a-b_view1.jpg)

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