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Moccasins

Moccasins, ca. 1880

  • Oto, Native American

Buffalo hide, cotton, beadwork, and silk

  • Overall (81.807.A): 11 1/4 × 7 5/8 × 1 3/16 inches (28.6 × 19.4 × 3 cm) Overall (81.807.B): 11 1/4 × 7 1/4 × 1 1/4 inches (28.6 × 18.4 × 3.2 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

81.807

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Milford G. Chandler [1889-1981]

purchased by Richard A. Pohrt [1911-2005] (Flint, Michigan, USA)

1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Oto, Native American, Moccasins, ca. 1880, buffalo hide, cotton, beadwork, and silk. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 81.807.

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