Moccasins
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Native art collectors Luther D. Lovekin (1914-1993) and Virginia Enoch Lovekin (1920-2015) (Springtown, Pennsylvania); purchased from them by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) in 1972; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/1548
- Barcode
- 251548.000
- Culture/People
- Kiowa
- Previous owner
- Luther D. Lovekin (Lou Lovekin), Non-Indian, 1914-1993
- Virginia Enoch Lovekin (Mrs. Luther D. Lovekin), Non-Indian, 1920-2015
- Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
- Donor
- Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian
- Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- Object Name
- Moccasins
- Media/Materials
- Hide, metal cones, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Sewn, edge beaded
- Dimensions
- 23 x 9.5 cm
- Place
- Oklahoma; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Kiowa
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- Record ID
- NMAI_267400
