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1900- Oglala Sioux Buffalo Hide Beaded Moccasins

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 1,100.00 USD
1900- Oglala Sioux Buffalo Hide Beaded Moccasins
The lot features a set of Indian tanned buffalo hide beaded moccasins from the Oglala Sioux dating to the second-to-third-quarter of the 1900's. The set shows parfleche rawhide hard soles sinew sewn to thick Buffalo / Bison Indian tanned hide tops which are covered in lazy stitched sinew sewn beautiful geometric beadwork. The beadwork shows all Reservation era glass trade seed beads in a classic Oglala Sioux pattern (for reference see the Oglala late 19th early 20th century set in the Brooklyn Museum ACCESSION NUMBER 26.805a-b, which shows the same triangular tipi like pattern with opposite triangle atop). The set shows some strands of sinew and some very slight bead loss, but mostly present. The uppers are thick Buffalo Bison Indian tanned hide with the tongues being tanned buckskin later replacements. The bases have nice foot worn patterns. A beautiful set. Each measures 9.75"L across the sole by 4"W by 3.5"H at the ankle. Total weight of 10 oz.