**Originally Listed At $400**

Native American, Western United States, Plains Tribes, Western Sioux, Lakota / Dakota, people ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A pair of well-worn leather and beaded moccasins. The hard leather soles are sewn to softer tanned hide uppers, the toe box and heel almost complete covered with hundreds of glass seed beads in lane (lazy) stitching- about 7 beads on each thread. The triangular motifs are created in blue, yellow, red, and green on a white ground- this color combination and geometric motifs are indicative of the last half of the 19th century before less traditional colors and creative patterning became widespread. Size: 8.5" L x 3" W x 3" H (21.6 cm x 7.6 cm x 7.6 cm)

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Provenance: private Ventura County, California, USA collection

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#174929

Heavy signs of wear and age, fair condition. Leather is very stiff with crackling and tears. Tearing along seams between soles and uppers. Losses to beading as shown, fraying and tears to threads. Modern cloth and plastic inserts to shape ankle area. Good remaining beadwork.