pair of moccasins, Nora Thompson Dean

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Nora Thompson Dean, pair of moccasins
Nora Thompson Dean, pair of moccasins
Nora Thompson Dean
pair of moccasins
late 1800s–1981
Nora Thompson Dean, artist
Cultural affiliations: Delaware
1907–1984
pair of moccasins, late 1800s–1981
Where object was made: Northeastern United States
Material/technique: beading; buckskin; cloth
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): a 7 x 11 x 25.5 cm
Object Length/Width/Depth (Length x Width x Depth): 4 5/16 x 2 3/4 x 10 1/16 in
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): b 6.5 x 12 x 26.5 cm
Object Length/Width/Depth (Length x Width x Depth): 4 3/4 x 2 9/16 x 10 7/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Forrest E. Jones
Accession number: 2007.3744.a,b
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Vanished Voices: The Legacy of Northeast Kansas Indians," Jul-2004, Joni Murphy, Andrea S. Norris Through exchanges with the other Indian nations in Kansas, Delaware and Shawnee beadwork designs were influential on those of the Prairie. Delaware artists brought the floral and curved patterns often seen in the work of Indians who lived in Kansas. These moccasins cold also be Wyandotte.