Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020
Lot 171
A pair of Arapaho moccasins Plains buckskin with the remains of yellow pigment
Estimate £400 - £600
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Description
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.