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Slip-on leather moccasins decorated with beadwork on the uppers. Sinew wrap closure at ankle. Used by western artist Lawrence Coffelt as a prop in his Flint Hill Studio in Emporia, Kansas. Coffelt was born in Sycamore Springs, Kansas, in 1910, and died in Emporia in 1976. He operated outdoor advertising businesses in central Kansas for about 25 years before retiring and turning to art full-time in 1960. Coffelt was a largely self-taught artist who produced oil paintings and bronze sculptures.
Date: between 1890 and 1930
Item Number: 223694
KSHS Identifier: 1977.206.22
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Artists
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Artists
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Footwear - Moccasin
Places - Cities and towns - Emporia
Places - Counties - Lyon
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223694
