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Grizzly bear claw moccasins
Artist:
Yanktonnai Sioux
Date: 1881 or before
Medium: Buffalo rawhide, deerskin, red stroud, beads, metal, bear claws
Dimensions:
Other: 27 × 10 cm (10 5/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Ogden B. Read
Object number: 1881.3.73
DescriptionBuffalo rawhide sole sinew-sewn to upper of deerskin. Straight cut ankle bound with red stroud. Separately added triangular tongue with beaded multiple triangles in pink and green on lt. blue ground, terminating in metal cone dangles with yellow horsehair tufts. Headed in white-core rose, yellow, and dark blue on light blue ground. Grizzly bear claw attachment with red stroud trim sinew-sewn to cuff.
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