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Early Northern Plains side-seam moccasins
DC:
Very fine work :D. When they wore out did they take the old sole off and sew a new one on or just sew a new one over the old? How long would a sole last approximately?
PS I guess that's kind of a stupid question as it would depend on the weather etc but maybe just a ballpark figure. I have no idea if it would be a month or a year.
Peatreg:
These are soft sole side-seam moccasins made from one piece of hide. Holes in the soles would be patched and eventually new ones would have to be made. The quillwork on these would be removed and used on a new pair. On an everyday pair of moccasins the soles wear out fairly quickly. These would more than likely be ceremonial so they would last much longer. I have seen pairs of soft sole moccasins that had a hard rawhide sole added on the bottom of them with the rawhide going a little ways up the side of them. I don’t believe most pairs of soft soles moccasins were done that way. The members of Lewis and Clark expedition would often have multiple pairs made and in fact, during the winter before heading back east they made many, many pairs of moccasins for the trip back.
Peatreg:
--- Quote from: BowEd on December 30, 2018, 06:03:18 am ---Welcome back Peatreg.You've been busy I see.Nice to see some of your work again.Very nice design and overall detailed work on those!!I like all the colors and am partial to that keyhole design too.A real strutting pair of mocs.Is the saw tooth cut material red trade cloth wool?Nice match red ochor color wise for that shirt their on also.Perfect match for something I've seen in the Mystic Warriors of the Plains book I'd say.
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Yes, they are red trade wool
bjrogg:
Peatreg, those are beautiful. Very nice work. Like Ed said nice to see you back here again.
Bjrogg
BowEd:
Peatreg...Do you think the lace on the rear of mocs are for wiping out their foot prints or just more decoration?
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