Boots with sealskin exterior, caribou interior, depilated sealskin soles, crimped at toes and heels, multi-colored circular beaded design on vamp. Hand sewn. Made with glass beads.
Donor:
Murial Cook
Collection place:
Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Western Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Clara Hayes Gaddie Moon
Collection date:
1933-1957
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mukluks
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
27.5 centimeters, 19 centimeters, measurements for storage— width 19 centimeters, and measurements for storage— length 28 centimeters
Comment:
References: Sturtevant, William C., ed. Handbook of North American Indians, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1984, Volume 5, p. 286, Fig. 1, p. 289, p. 304, Fig. 1.