High-Top Kiowa Moccasins

High-Top Kiowa Moccasins

(95.042 A&B: A=left; B=right) - Beadwork - pair of Kiowa women's High-top moccasins: buckskin, sewn w/sinew & or horse hair; feet outlined in white beads; ankles outlined in white red, lt. blue, and green triangle/line design extending downward to heel; diamond/triangle cross design on outer side of foot in same colors as above + drk. blue; Panels lengthwise on legs are brain-tanned buckskin, sewn with sinew and cotton (or horsehair), bordered with beadwork in alternating triangle and stair-step design; center of panels originally painted red and adorned with 7 silver conchos (each).
  • Object: High-Top Kiowa Moccasins
  • Artist: -
  • Circa: 1865-1890
  • Dimensions: 32 1/2" long; 9 1/2" foot length (each)
  • Culture Area: Plains
  • Cultural Group: Kiowa
  • Cultural Context: -
  • Donor: Douglas and Mary Hallock
  • Catalog #: 95.042