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Article: Traditional footwear from the great Plains: Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto.
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- Whispering Wind
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- September 1, 2004
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In October 2003 the world famous Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto opened its special exhibit of native footwear from the Plains and Prairies entitled 'Paths Across the Plains.' Along with their regular standing displays of footwear from around the world and throughout history, this long awaited exhibit features some of the finest examples of western moccasins extant, along with the materials involved in their manufacture.
The Bata Shoe Museum is renowned, not only for their huge collections, but for their reputation in the field of conservation. The respect with which they are held in this regard was amply demonstrated in 2000, when they were selected jointly by the ...