A pair of Arapaho moccasins Plains buckskin with the remains of yellow pigment

A pair of Arapaho moccasins

Plains

buckskin with the remains of yellow pigment, painted parfleche soles, cloth, tin cones and coloured glass beads, in lazy stitch with geometric designs and a forked tongue, the underside of one inscribed in pencil William LaDiepler, circa 1900,

27cm long. (2)

Provenance

Michael Kostelnik Collection. U.S.A.F. Major General, retired.

Michael G. Johnson Collection, from the above in 2016.