Snowshoes (drags)

Museum number:
2-72506a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210272506a@2cb
Alternate number:
E
Accession number:
Acc.4791
Description:
carved wooden snow shoes, long narrow ovals with perpendicular oval cut at each heel. Decorated at heel and tow with red and black designs.
Donor:
Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
Quebec, Canada
Culture or time period:
Cree and East Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi
Collector:
Nelson H.H. Graburn
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
October 20, 2010
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 13 centimeters and length 35 centimeters
Comment:
a is labelled with a previously applied masking tape square labelled "E
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 2-72506a,b, described as carved wooden snow shoes, long narrow ovals with perpendicular oval cut at each heel. Decorated at heel and tow with red and black designs.

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