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Woman’s Boots

ca. 1870
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
The green-stained leather on this pair of boots serves as a striking background for beadwork and rows of German-silver buttons. Complex linear, boxlike designs on the top of the moccasins contrast with triangular and diagonal bars running down the sides of the upper sections. Southern Plains women favored one-piece boots like these over a combination of moccasins and leggings. They wore the boots with painted-hide, and later trade-cloth, dresses.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Woman’s Boots
  • Date: ca. 1870
  • Geography: United States, Oklahoma or Texas
  • Culture: Comanche
  • Medium: Native-tanned leather, rawhide, glass beads, German-silver buttons, pigment
  • Dimensions: Length: 27 in. (68.6 cm)
    Width: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
  • Classification: Hide-Costumes
  • Credit Line: Denver Art Museum (1948.100ab)
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing