


Fig. 1. A Moccasin Upper in Process of Beading. 
The uppers of moccasins are beaded before they are sewed to the soles. 
plece was secured from an Assiniboin woman to show how the beads are laid on in 
constructing a design. The outer border is built up by two bands, seven beads wide; 
between these, over the toe, thestrings 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. 
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