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Pair of Moccasins

Pair of Moccasins, ca. 1890

  • Blackfeet, Native American

Buffalo hide, rawhide, saddle leather, buckskin, and glass beads

  • Overall: 6 1/2 × 10 × 3 7/8 inches (16.5 × 25.4 × 9.8 cm)

Gift of Karl Pohrt in honor of Richard and Marion Pohrt

2000.25

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

2000-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Penney, David W. Art of the American Indian Frontier. Exh. cat., the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1993, no. 140.

Blackfeet, Native American, Pair of Moccasins, ca. 1890, buffalo hide, rawhide, saddle leather, buckskin, and glass beads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Karl Pohrt in honor of Richard and Marion Pohrt, 2000.25.

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