Art Institute of Chicago

Pair of Moccasins

Santee Dakota

1875/1900

Attribution

Santee Sioux Plains, North America

Medium

Hide, stitched with animal product; embroidered with porcupine-quill-wrapped cotton in buttonhole stitches; beaded with glass beads; tassels of cotton, metal, and feathers

Physical dimensions

a: 9.3 × 26.8 × 13.8 cm (3 5/8 × 10 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.); b: 8.8 × 29.2 × 13.6 cm (3 1/2 × 11 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.)

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. J. Ogden Armour through the Antiquarian Society