Pair of Women's Moccasins Attached to Leggings

Artist:Osage, Comanche

Medium: Hide, pigment, glass beads, sinew, fur

Geograhical Locations:

• Pahuska, Oklahoma, United States

Dates:early 20th century

Dimensions: 24 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (62.2 x 8.3 x 24.1 cm)

Collections:

• Arts of the Americas

Exhibitions:

• Tipi: Heritage of the Great Plains
• Objects of Myth and Memory
• Jeffrey Gibson: When Fire Is Applied to a Stone It Cracks

Accession Number: 11.694.9055a-b

Image: 11.694.9055a-b_PS2.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Knee-high moccasins with a turned-over flap at the top that is longer in back than in front and fringed. A separate band of hide is trimmed with beadwork and sewn down the front of the leg, overlapping the base of the foot. Another band of beadwork runs around the bottom of legging where it joins the moccasin.

Brooklyn Museum