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Two Pairs of Beaded Moccasins

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Art - Bead Work Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Two Pairs of Beaded Moccasins
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Lot of two pair of Plains moccasins:
a) Northern Plains with green buffalo tracks on white with blue, yellow and green geometric designs. Bifurcated tongues beaded with squares in blue and red (only 2 tin cones remain). Bound with striped silk ribbon. Hard soles, 10 1/2" long, circa 1900s
b) Hard-soled moccasins with red, white and blue large rosettes beaded on the tops, with deep green pigment on the leather uppers. Trade cloth binding. 11" long, circa 1900s.

Provenance: From the Estate of Thomas W. Lorimer.