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19th C. Lakota Sioux Beaded Hard Sole Moccasins

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:350.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
19th C. Lakota Sioux Beaded Hard Sole Moccasins
The lot features a set of Buffalo Indian tanned hide, hard sole beaded moccasins from the Lakota Sioux of South Dakota dating to the 19th-century. The set shows Indian tanned Buffalo / Bison hide tops with parfleche rawhide hard sole bottoms all being sinew sewn with some trade thread and adorned with early glass trade seed beads in a classic Buffalo track geometric design. The beads show colors of greasy yellow, semi-transparent red, greasy green, chalk white, and blue. A nice set from the last quarter of the 19th-century, from an Indianapolis, Indiana. Measures 10.5-inches long sole by 4-inches wide.