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A PAIR OF CHEROKEE BEADED HIDE MOCCASINS
of front seam construction, finely stitched with tiny glass seed beads, each decorated on the front with a bilateral design composed of foliate elements arranged asymmetrically, in white, pony trader blue, translucent gold, faceted black and blue beads, a large circular element on the heel in similar and additional shades of translucent beads, with brown and pink silk fabric overlaid on the cuff, decorated on one side with three abstract elements in white, lavender, brown, translucent red and brown, faceted blue, yellow and translucent red beads, the other side, with three paisley-like motifs in white and translucent silver-blue beads
Lengths: 9½ in. (24.1 cm.) each (2)
of front seam construction, finely stitched with tiny glass seed beads, each decorated on the front with a bilateral design composed of foliate elements arranged asymmetrically, in white, pony trader blue, translucent gold, faceted black and blue beads, a large circular element on the heel in similar and additional shades of translucent beads, with brown and pink silk fabric overlaid on the cuff, decorated on one side with three abstract elements in white, lavender, brown, translucent red and brown, faceted blue, yellow and translucent red beads, the other side, with three paisley-like motifs in white and translucent silver-blue beads
Lengths: 9½ in. (24.1 cm.) each (2)
Provenance
This lot was owned by Rachel Martin Davis, pre-1843. Descended through the family to the current owner.
Literature
Illustrated in Native Lands: Indians & Georgia, 1999:24.
Exhibited
Atlanta History Museum and Atlanta History Center, November 13, 1999 - January 1, 2001
Further details
These Cherokee moccasins are an excellent example of the elaborately beaded moccasins of the southeast. Unlike the common, everyday work moccasin which tends to have heavy puckers up the center seam, these moccasins exhibit a very smoothly puckered, flat center seam from the very tip of the fairly pointed toe almost to the ankle, creating a buckskin surface onto which the beads could be directly appliqued. The heel seam, which looks like an inverted "Y", is a type commonly seen on beaded moccasins of the southeast, although it is not the only heel type found on Cherokee or other southeastern beaded moccasins. The beadwork placement on the front, cuffs, and heels is typical of southeastern moccasins, although the heels of these moccasins are more elaborately beaded than most. The design down the front is characteristically southeastern: abstract floral elements with shallow-scalloped borders in white beads, interior bead lanes following the exterior borders, and the use of tiny seed beads, some of which are faceted.
Douglas Rodgers
April 25, 2005
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Douglas Rodgers
April 25, 2005
END OF SALE