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Seller: medicinemangallerytucson ✉️ (997) 100%, Location: Tucson, Arizona, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 142313506533 Cheyenne Beaded Child's Moccasins circa 1930. Cheyenne Beaded Child's Moccasins circa 19306" x 2.5" x 2.5" each These moccasins are in very good condition with minor bead loss and some ethnographic wear. From a private collection out of Oregon.
The word "moccasin" comes from the Cree, or Algonquian, word maskisina, meaning shoes or footwear. Gerald McMaster (Plains Cree), curator of contemporary Indian art at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec, says that while the word has become synonymous with a soft leather slipper-like shoe, it also includes footwear worn by Indians such as boots made of fur from the most northern parts of the continent to the sandals constructed of vegetable fibers worn in the desert lands of the southwest. Moccasins were functional, natural footwear worn in early America by Indians of many nations for protection, and comfort. They are felt to be a part of what allows them to be close to the earth-literally. They are not sacred items (unless used in a special ceremony), but rather very personal items for the owner. Ornamenting the natural form using imported silk ribbon, metal "bells" or cones, glass beads, and metallic braids created this particularly beautiful example of the joining of two aesthetics.
Medicine Man Gallery has been in the Antique Native American art business for 25 years.  We have one of the largest inventories of Antique Native American art for sale in the country, offering Navajo Rugs and Blankets, American Pueblo Pottery, Indian Baskets, Hopi Kachinas, Old Pawn Jewelry, Contemporary Native American Jewelry, and Native American Beadwork, as well as Ethnographic Art, Western Americana, Art of the West and Native American Art.  Before purchasing please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have about the condition of this item; we are happy to send additional images. ITEM NUMBER DW91352B-1216-007

On Mar-22-17 at 10:10:24 PDT, seller added the following information:

This was collected in the southwest during the 1950-60s, by a couple who often purchased from the McGees, who owned a trading post in Scottsdale.
  • Condition: Used
  • Condition: These moccasins are in very good condition with minor bead loss and some ethnographic wear.
  • Tribal Affiliation: Cheyenne
  • Origin: Cheyenne
  • Artisan: Cheyenne

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