pair of child's beaded moccasins, unrecorded Cheyenne artist

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unrecorded Cheyenne artist, pair of child's beaded moccasins
unrecorded Cheyenne artist, pair of child's beaded moccasins
unrecorded Cheyenne artist
pair of child's beaded moccasins
late 1800s–2007
pair of child's beaded moccasins, late 1800s–2007
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: rawhide; beading; buckskin
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): a 9.5 x 8 x 19 cm
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 3 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 7 1/2 in
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): b 8 x 8 x 19 cm
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 7 1/2 in
Credit line: Source unknown
Accession number: 2007.3832.a,b
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Passages: Persistent Visions of a Native Place," Sep-2011, Nancy Mahaney These child’s moccasins have the morning-star motif on the vamp or top of the shoe, with a small crescent on the toe. The Cheyenne had a particular fondness for this motif as Morning Star was a cultural hero who is credited with retaining land for the Cheyenne in their traditional homelands in Montana. The combination of the four-pointed morning star, the crescent moon, and the sun adorn a tipi model identified as “Shining Bell’s” tipi, which was collected from the Cheyenne in 1904. Often the location of the beaded motifs would reveal the gender of the wearer. Men’s footwear generally had the designs on the top of the foot much like this particular pair. Favored bead colors of the Cheyenne were yellow, rose, green, black, blue, and white.