Pair of Moccasins

A pair of soft tan leather moccasins photographed side by side on a grey background. Each has a blue cuff at the ankle edged with beadwork, and a long vamp decorated with diagonal bands of orange, green, red and white beads in a geometric pattern. The record names a Seneca origin and a date of about 1830.

Look closer: A fine scalloped stitched edge runs along the lower border of the vamp beside the beaded band.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1830

Medium

Native-tanned skin, quill, silk, glass

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2000 × 1600 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ralph T. Coe Collection, Gift of Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, 2011