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This pair of beaded moccasins was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1960. The one piece uppers have an applied tongue and rawhide soles, sewn with sinew. They are decorated with a white beaded background and a red and blue beaded linear pattern, similar to a Central Plains style.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 509290
Call Number: 60.79.8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 509290
Collections - Archeology
Collections - Archeology - Ethnographic
Home and Family - Clothing
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Footwear - Moccasin
People - American Indians
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
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