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Comanche Beaded Hide Boot Moccasins
Estimate: $4,000-$6,000
Live Auction
Native American Art: The Lifetime Collection of Forrest Fenn, Part I
Description
Comanche Beaded Hide Boot Moccasins
ca 1870

thread-sewn hide coated in yellow and green pigment; twisted hide fringe at cuff; beaded lanes and medallion on vamp in colors of greasy blue, white, greasy yellow and translucent burgundy

height 21 inches; length 9-1/2 inches

Published:
Spirits in the Art (Hanson 1994: 73, plate 75) 

Condition
With stand. Hide is soft and supple. Minor moth grazing on hide. Some bead loss.