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Sioux Fully Beaded Moccasins c. 1880-1890's

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Sioux Fully Beaded Moccasins c. 1880-1890's
The lot features a beautiful set of authentic fully top beaded moccasins collected at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota from the Sioux Native American Indians and dating to circa 1880-1890’s. The set shows a thick Buffalo Bison Indian tanned hide construction with parfleche rawhide soles and is covered on the tops of period correct 19th Century glass trade seed cen beads in a geometric pattern. The beadwork shows a dark green background with designs in greasy yellow, greasy blue, red white hearts. Some of the hide is stiff from age and use and there are a few splits between the sold and upper with minimal bead loss and true signs of age and Indian use. The ties traps appear to have been replaced at some point, but overall, the set shows original nice patina. Provenance: From the ex-collection of Ben Thompson and Tom Hardy. Measures 9 ½ inches in length and 3 ½ inches wide.