Tanned hide; possibly sinew (?); commercial thread; seed beads (light blue, navy blue or black, red, white)

Tanned hide sewn together with commercial thread, moccasin sole possibly secured with sinew (?), beads secured with white commercial thread. Leather thong laced around top of moccasin through holes in hide, tied in front over top of the tongue. Tabbed tongue overlaps moccasin top. Moccasin tops are fully beaded, beaded edging decorates opening of moccasins and along tabbed tongue.

Fully beaded moccasin top is decorated with large triangular, chevron, or "V"-shaped motif in red, white and navy blue or black. Small diamond-shaped beaded motifs in red, white and navy blue or black decorate along the border of the moccasin top just above the sole. Tabbed tongue creates triangular, chevron, or "V"-shaped imagery complimenting similar motif on moccasin tops.

Museum documentation

Pieter Hovens