Beaded Moccasins and Leggings, circa 1910 Alexis Comparet Mounted with an archival masonite

Mounted with an archival masonite board and floated in a custom frame

titled in lower margin

Thompson River

Presented in a custom hardwood frame with an archival mat

original vintage fine art print by artist Lewis Lee Tilley

Beaded Moccasins and Leggings, circa 1910 Alexis Comparet Mounted with an archival masoniteEarly 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.