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Lot 51
Comanche Beaded Hide Moccasins
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Estimate
$6,000 - 8,000
Price Realized
$8,125
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Lot Description
Comanche Beaded Hide Moccasins
late 19th century

thread-sewn on soft hide, the back lined with twisted hide dusters; the vamps with two parallel beaded lanes housing two rows of tacks and a line of tin cones attached by hide thongs along the outer edge; the cuffs edged with green seed beads and a parallel beaded lane; the tongue with matching beaded edging, featured a beaded medallion with feather and cross design

length 10-3/4 inches

Published:
Spirits in the Art (Hanson 1994: 67, plate 69) 

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