Tennis Shoes
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jun 1989
label: Collection Date
content: Apr 1989
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joallyn Archambault
label: Donor Name
content: Alice Littleman
notes: label: Notes
content: PAIR MEN'S WHITE HIGHTOP SNEAKERS WITH LACES, SIZE 10 1/2, CONVERSE ALL-STAR BRAND; SINGLE LANE OF LAZY STITCH BEADWORK IN GEOMETRIC PATTERN AROUND SOLE AND ONE SIDE OF LACES; HIDE STRIP BEADED WITH WORDS "KIOWA TRIBE" APPLIED OVER HEEL SEAM. BEAD COLORS: LIGHT BLUE, NAVY BLUE, WHITE, BLACK, RED, YELLOW, ORANGE, SILVER METALLIC. BEADED BY ALICE LITTLEMAN.
label: Notes
content: Beaded tennis shoe. One pair of white canvas hightop sneakers (Converse All-Star brand) with single lane of lazy stitch beadwork in geometric pattern around sole and one side of laces, hide strip beaded with the words "Kiowa Tribe" applied over heel seam. 12" (31 cm). Records: Beadwork commissioned in 1989 by JoAllyn Archambault, Director of the American Indian Program, National Museum of Natural History, who provided the shoes and requested the use of cut beads. This was the first pair of tennis shoes that Mrs. Littleman had beaded. She reported that it was difficult to bead an item that was already assembled. Associated names: Alice Littleman. (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Jan 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Anadarko, Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 385306
label: USNM Number
content: E425674-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shoe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 31 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 17 cm