Moccasin
A moccasin is a shoe made of deerskin or any other soft leather. It has a sole and sides made out of a single piece of leather. It is stitched together toward the top, sometimes with vamps (which are additional panels of leather). The soles are usually soft and flexible. Moccasins are usually worn outside. The shoes protect the foot while allowing whomever wears them to feel the ground.
Moccasin Media
Osage (Native American). Pair of Moccasins, early 20th century. Brooklyn Museum
Hopi Pueblo (Native American). Dancing Shoes, late 19th century. Brooklyn Museum
Beaded moccasins original to the estate of Chief Washakie, Wind River Reservation (Shoshone), Wyoming, c.1900
Crow moccasins, ca. 1940
Cheyenne moccasins
Kiowa moccasins