The blue color of these high top shoes indicates they may have been worn by Kachina Dancers. The red fringe was colored by dye made from alder bark or rubbed iron oxide. Calcium carbonate might have created the blue color. A band of porcupine quills covers the heels.

item is from the Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Pitt Rivers sent this object to Bethnal Green Museum for display, as part of the first batch of objects sent there, probably in 1874. This object was listed in the Delivery Catalogue as having been transferred from South Kensington Museum in 1884

item is from the Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Deerskin case [.1] with carved ivory toggle, containing set of wooden gambling stick [.2 - .59] decorated with red and black rings of various sizes. [CAK 27/05/2009]

PE-06.02.02, a bone chisel made from a deer metapodial (Figure 10.2 j; Larson & Lewarch 1995: 10-6 to 10-9). The Object ID PE-06.02 was originally assigned to six (6) objects. Five of these objects were determined to be siginificantly modified and have been assigned individual Object ID numbers (see PE-06.02.01 to PE-06.02.06).

PE-06.02.03 is a worked deer metatarsal ( Larson & Lewarch 1995: 10-25 & 10-27). The Object ID PE-06.02 was originally assigned to six (6) objects. Five of these objects were determined to be siginificantly modified and have been assigned individual Object ID numbers (see PE-06.02.01 to PE-06.02.05).

PE-06.02.01 is a worked deer metatarsal ( Larson & Lewarch 1995: 10-25 & 10-27). The Object ID PE-06.02 was originally assigned to six (6) objects. Five of these objects were determined to be siginificantly modified and have been assigned individual Object ID numbers (see PE-06.02.01 to PE-06.02.05).