Minneapolis Institute of Art

Pair of Moccasins

Tsistsistas (Cheyenne) artist

Date

c. 1890

Medium

Animal hide, beads

Culture

Tsistsistas (Cheyenne)

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Tsistsistas are known for their well-crafted footwear, which often have beaded images drawn from traditional life. A red bird has been beaded on the upper portion of the moccasins shown here, referencing the Thunderbird, a being that is important in the Tsistsistas cosmos. Beaded on the other moccasins is a red cross, which does not represent Christianity, instead symbolizes the Morning Star, another figure in Tsistsistas traditions. Tsistsistas (Cheyenne), United States, Americas

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