Ogala Lakota (Sioux) and Lakota (Sioux)
Moccasins
Teton Lakota Sioux or Oglala Sioux, 1889-1899
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- Culture: Ogala Lakota (Sioux)
- Culture: Lakota (Sioux)
Moccasins
Teton Lakota Sioux or Oglala Sioux, 1889-1899
Physical Qualities
Hide, glass and metal beads, metal, a: 4 3/16 x 3 7/8 x 11 7/16 in. (10.7 x 9.9 x 29 cm.)
b: 4 3/8 x 4 x 12 in. (11.1 x 10.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Kenneth S. Battye
Object Number
1974.64.2a-b
Unidentified Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Artist
Moccasins
c. 1890–1900
South Dakota, United States
Hide, glass and metal beads, metal
Purchased as the gift of Kenneth S. Battye, BMA 1974.64.2a-b
“This is place-based footwear. There’s nothing like walking in a pair of moccasins on Mother Earth, or even asphalt. It changes the way you feel. I think about this whether I wear my moccasins out in the city or on buffalo grass. It’s a different feeling.”
—Dana Claxton
Item sold from Greensfelder Collection, Oct. 25, 1975, at the Harris auction.
BMA, 'A Shared Tradition: Native North American Beadwork,' August 7, 1990 - January 20, 1991
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
