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JW_Halverson:
From what I am looking at, that is not worth a stave of any kind of wood.  More like an acknowledged master bowyers finished bow and set of matched arrows. 

I spent a winter working in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and western Ontario.  I saw many pairs of these kinds of footware in various places and coveted them in the extreme. I spent an hour sitting with a Cree woman in The Pas, Manitoba during the winter Trapper's Festival talking to her about the traditions and craft of beadwork.  All I could afford was a pair of beaded rose appliques that were about four square inches each.  Fair market value for those eight square inches of beadwork should be about $200+, considering material, time, and sheer depth of experience necessary to produce traditional work. 

A serious collector from Germany would easily cough up $750 for that pair of mocs with provenance tracing to the maker.  For those interested, this is a heck of a deal! 

Hawkdancer:
JW,
 I know that traditional work is very valuable, and often doesn't bring it's true price!  I made a couple of beaded hat bands for myself and figured the cost now would be about $30-$40 per inch, and I don't even pretend to be Native American!  Those are very nice mukluks, too.  I would be reluctant to part with them, or I would pass them down as an heirloom.
Hawkdancer

bushboy:
Thanks,maybe I will store them away.but I will post some better pics if the sun decides to shine anytime soon.on around the campfire.

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