Beaded Moccasins and Leggings, circa 1910 25812 Witch Eating a Fish

Witch Eating a Fish

and I entrusted myself to the Holy Child of Fonguito

out of necessity

this rug has a bold pattern consisting of stylized Maltese crosses

and numbered 5/8 by the artist

Beaded Moccasins and Leggings, circa 1910 25812 Witch Eating a FishEarly 20th century Northern Sioux moccasins and leggings. Constructed of native tanned hide with trade beads. Each moccasin has blue buffalo tracks on the vamp and teepee elements in green, yellow and red around the perimeter against a white field. The leggings are beaded around the cuffs with tepee motifs in dark and light blue with red on a white field, the hide is rubbed with yellow ochre.