pair of beaded moccasins, unrecorded Ka’igwu artist

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unrecorded Ka’igwu artist, pair of beaded moccasins
unrecorded Ka’igwu artist, pair of beaded moccasins
unrecorded Ka’igwu artist
pair of beaded moccasins
late 1800s–1996
pair of beaded moccasins, late 1800s–1996
Where object was made: Great Plains, United States
Material/technique: buckskin; rawhide; beading; pigment
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): a 7 x 9.5 x 42 cm length does include fringe
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 16 9/16 in
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): b 7 x 8.5 x 42.5 cm length does include fringe
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 16 3/4 in
Credit line: Source unknown
Accession number: 2007.3799.a,b
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Passages: Persistent Visions of a Native Place," Sep-2011, Nancy Mahaney This pair of men’s moccasins possesses the typical southern plains fringe on heel, intended to erase one’s steps in the dirt while walking. The Kiowa were the only tribe in the Plains to attach hard leather soles to the uppers inside out and it made a turned or downward seam. The Kiowa historically used spare beading such as the narrow lines of delicate beadwork that runs in bars down the center seam of the narrow tongue. The colors of the faceted-glass seed beads also reflect Kiowa style preference for multiple colors in red, dark blue, dark green, lilac pink, light blue, and white with a white beaded piquet along the ankle flap.