Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-6895a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026895a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Ankle-height boots, sealskin soles, fur-out seal skin uppers (spotted seal). Boot-top decoration with bleached and dyed leather strips, gut and white caribou-hair embroidery. Leather drawstring tube with rawhide drawstring. Sewn with sinew thread.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— length 18 centimeters, measurements for storage— width 28 centimeters, measurements for storage— height 13 centimeters, and height 21 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6895a,b, described as Ankle-height boots, sealskin soles, fur-out seal skin uppers (spotted seal). Boot-top decoration with bleached and dyed leather strips, gut and white caribou-hair embroidery. Leather drawstring tube with rawhide drawstring. Sewn with sinew thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6895a,b, described as Ankle-height boots, sealskin soles, fur-out seal skin uppers (spotted seal). Boot-top decoration with bleached and dyed leather strips, gut and white caribou-hair embroidery. Leather drawstring tube with rawhide drawstring. Sewn with sinew thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6895a,b, described as Ankle-height boots, sealskin soles, fur-out seal skin uppers (spotted seal). Boot-top decoration with bleached and dyed leather strips, gut and white caribou-hair embroidery. Leather drawstring tube with rawhide drawstring. Sewn with sinew thread.

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