Moccasins, perhaps more than any other object-type produced on the Great Plains, best demonstrate stylistic diversity. So compelling is this pair that they were exhibited at the Philbrook Art Center. These soft-soled moccasins show a complexity of design that was a hallmark of Reservation Period (1880-1920) beadwork on the Northern Plains.

9.75” long

Ex Philbrook Art Center, OK (PAC, ALD., D-16); ex Bruce Vandlandingham, MT; ex Mark Miller, MT.

Published: Jesse Wright, et al, Native American Art at Philbrook (Tulsa, OK: Philbrook Arts Center, 1980), p. 60.

Exhibited: “Native American Art at Philbrook”, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK (Aug. 17-Sep. 21, 1980)

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