A pair of Lakota (Sioux) pictorial quilled moccasins
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Description
A pair of Lakota (Sioux) pictorial quilled moccasins
Each partially quilled on hide with a bird perched on a branch.
each length approximately 9 1/4in
Footnotes:
Provenance
Property from the Collection of Joel and Kate Kopp, New York
Literature
See Duncan, Kate C., Images and Objects from Father DeSmet and the Indians of the Rocky Mountain West, 1993, American Indian Art Magazine, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 52-63, 91. A pair of moccasins similar to the present lot from the collection of the Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, Belgium, (Cat. No. ET.AM.43.25.3) are pictured p. 56, fig. 6., accompanied by the following description: 'Moccasins, Sioux, c.1865. These moccasins may have been made by Mrs. Robert Galpin (Eagle Woman) and/or her daughter Lulu.'
Each partially quilled on hide with a bird perched on a branch.
each length approximately 9 1/4in
Footnotes:
Provenance
Property from the Collection of Joel and Kate Kopp, New York
Literature
See Duncan, Kate C., Images and Objects from Father DeSmet and the Indians of the Rocky Mountain West, 1993, American Indian Art Magazine, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 52-63, 91. A pair of moccasins similar to the present lot from the collection of the Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, Belgium, (Cat. No. ET.AM.43.25.3) are pictured p. 56, fig. 6., accompanied by the following description: 'Moccasins, Sioux, c.1865. These moccasins may have been made by Mrs. Robert Galpin (Eagle Woman) and/or her daughter Lulu.'
Condition
Good condition overall with some scattered losses to quill work, the largest a couple of approximately 1/2in x 1/4in areas. Some general dust accumulation and scattered darkening/liquid discoloration to hide with commensurate dryness.
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A pair of Lakota (Sioux) pictorial quilled moccasins
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