Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from Mrs. Yellow Bird (Wichita) in 1909 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Wichita
- Previous owner
- Mrs. Yellow Bird, Wichita
- Collector
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Date created
- circa 1880
- Object Name
- Moccasins
- Media/Materials
- Hide, paint, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Edge beaded , painted, lazy/lane stitch beadwork
- Dimensions
- 26 x 8 x 2 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
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