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Beaded Hide Moccasins,

Currency:USD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
Beaded Hide Moccasins,
lot of 3. Includes a pair collected by Charles Manchester of Akron while a judge in Indian Territory, OK, with a stylized floral motif in colors of pink, burgundy, light blue, medium blue, cobalt, pale green, red, white, translucent clear, and translucent cream, and with remnants of red and white gingham on tongue; 9" long; PLUS a child's pair with simple lanes of beads in colors of pale blue and red "white-hearts," remnants of red calico on cuff; 5.75" long; AND another child's pair with simple beaded crosses on top of foot and irregular diamonds along sole, beads in colors of cobalt, translucent yellow, medium blue, translucent clear, white, and red beads with white hearts; 5" long. Deaccessioned from the Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland, Ohio. Fair to good, floral design pair with beadwork intact, but stiff and soiled, and with cloth binding on cuff missing; second with loose tongue, stiff, and flat; last in good condition, but slightly soiled.