Beautiful Shoes - the Wyoming State Museum
Beautiful Shoes - the Wyoming State Museum
Beautiful Shoes - the Wyoming State Museum
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Fully-Beaded Moccasins<br />
In <strong>the</strong> early 1880s, women of <strong>the</strong> Teton, Assiniboin, and Cheyenne tribes, began to produce<br />
moccasins with fully beaded soles. While some people were buried in <strong>the</strong>m, <strong>the</strong>y were not<br />
specifically “burial moccasins.” Fully-beaded moccasins were a status item worn on special<br />
occasions by living people.<br />
The winged figure above represents <strong>the</strong> Thunder Bird. This sacred creature was thought to cause<br />
thunder and lightning.<br />
Fully Beaded Moccasin with<br />
Thunder Bird Design<br />
Cheyenne Tribe<br />
1973.81.06
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