Sold for $599

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

Haudenosaunee Beaded Moccasins

first half 20th century

lot of 5 pairs, includes:

a full sized pair, with velvet cuffs and beaded floral vamps
length 9-3/4 inches

a child's sized pair; thread sewn on hide, vamps and cuffs lined with a red cotton cloth, edged with ribbon, and beaded with translucent beads in a floral pattern
length 5-3/8 inches

a toddler sized pair; thread sewn on red trade wool and backed with a cream cotton cloth with hide sole; beaded floral design in colors of white and translucent
length 4-1/2 inches

a child's pair; thread-sewn on hide; vamps lined with velvet and beaded in colors of white, translucent, translucent burgundy, pink, greasy blue and light blue
length 6-1/2 inches

a child's pair; thread-sewn on commercial hide; the vamps featuring a beaded cross design
length 7 inches

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Sold to Benefit the U.S. Children's Center on Historical Education and Advocacy

Condition Report

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