Moccasins

710-12Kiowa or Kiowa-Apache woman's moccasins (johi, Merrill et.al. 1997:63); deerhide, glass; l. 24 cm., w. 9.5 cm., h. 6.5 cm; ca. 1880.‖Typical for the Southern Plains style of footwear are the slanted cut of the cuffs sloping toward the heel, the split heelpart of the cuff, the lack of tongue, the string going all around, and the yellow painted buckskin. A single curvilinear lane of beadwork o…