Moccasins
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Edward Borein (1873-1945, a Western artist and collector); purchased by MAI from his widow Lucille E. Borein (1882-1967) in 1945.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 20/7952
- Barcode
- 207952.000
- Culture/People
- Sioux
- Previous owner
- Edward Borein, Non-Indian, 1873-1945
- Seller
- Lucille E. Borein (Mrs. Edward Borein), Non-Indian, 1882-1967
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- Object Name
- Moccasins
- Media/Materials
- Hide, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Quilled (lane stitched), lazy/lane stitch beadwork , quill-wrapped (flat)
- Place
- North Dakota or South Dakota; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Sioux
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- Record ID
- NMAI_222146
- Usage
- CC0
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