pair of quilled moccasins

unrecorded Lakota artist, artist

pair of quilled moccasins, late 1800s–1918

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: porcupine quills; dyeing; buckskin; rawhide; cotton

Credit line: Transfer from Central College, Orville John and Evaline Dryer Green Collection

Accession number: 2007.2241.a,b

Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Beaded Heritage,” Mar-2010, Robin Bang
The quillwork on these moccasins is an example of techniques used prior to the ntroduction of glass beads. The straight lines created by embroidering quills may have influenced the “lazy stitch” techniques utilized in Sioux beadwork.