Arapaho / Plains
1880s
Hide, glass beads, sinew sewn
Length 6 1/4 in (15.9 cm)
Provenance: Wisconsin trade
These Arapaho child’s moccasins are beaded across the vamps and side panels, with geometric beadwork worked over hide. Child-sized moccasins were made for use, ceremony, and presentation within Plains communities, often carrying the same care and visual language as adult examples. The compact scale gives the pair a strong sense of personal history.
The moccasins are sinew sewn, reflecting traditional construction methods used before and alongside later trade materials. The beadwork uses green, white, blue, red, and other colors in a dense geometric arrangement. As Plains children’s footwear, they represent an intimate object type within 19th-century Native American material culture.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
Arapaho / Plains
1880s
Hide, glass beads, sinew sewn
Length 6 1/4 in (15.9 cm)
Provenance: Wisconsin trade
These Arapaho child’s moccasins are beaded across the vamps and side panels, with geometric beadwork worked over hide. Child-sized moccasins were made for use, ceremony, and presentation within Plains communities, often carrying the same care and visual language as adult examples. The compact scale gives the pair a strong sense of personal history.
The moccasins are sinew sewn, reflecting traditional construction methods used before and alongside later trade materials. The beadwork uses green, white, blue, red, and other colors in a dense geometric arrangement. As Plains children’s footwear, they represent an intimate object type within 19th-century Native American material culture.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
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