. Guide leaflet. Fig. 1. A Moccasin Upper in Process of BeadingThe uppers of moccasins are beaded before they are sewed to the soles. Thispiece was secured from an Assiniboin woman to show how the beads are laid on inconstructing a design. The outer border is built up by two bands, seven beads wide;between these, over the toe, the strings of beads are laid on parallel. The colors are:ground in border, pale green; ground in toe, bluish green; figures in blue, yellow,ruby, orange. Specimen may be seen in the Assiniboin case. Plains Indian Hall. (50-4331) IN1)1AN BEADWORK

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