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Moccasins

Object Details

Collection History
Collection history unknown; purchased by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) in 1913 from the Oklahoma Indian Store (Anadarko, Oklahoma), operated by Jake Tingley (1880-1965), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
MAI agent
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Seller agent
Jake Tingley (Jacob Chauncy Tingley/J.C. Tingley), Non-Indian, 1880-1965
Seller
Oklahoma Indian Store
Date created
1880-1913
Object Name
Moccasins
Media/Materials
Hide, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche
Techniques
Edge beaded , overlay beadwork
Object Type
Clothing/Garments: Footwear
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