Snowshoes (drags)

Museum number:
2-2244a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21022244a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Pair of; 2 strut, lacings flat across width, 6 holes on each side of frame for foot support lacing; tip curved up 13.5 cm; 2 piece frame; spliced toe.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Subarctic, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Subarctic
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Worn by woman.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 110 centimeters and width 23.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 2-2244a,b, described as Pair of; 2 strut, lacings flat across width, 6 holes on each side of frame for foot support lacing; tip curved up 13.5 cm; 2 piece frame; spliced toe.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 2-2244a,b, described as Pair of; 2 strut, lacings flat across width, 6 holes on each side of frame for foot support lacing; tip curved up 13.5 cm; 2 piece frame; spliced toe.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 2-2244a,b, described as Pair of; 2 strut, lacings flat across width, 6 holes on each side of frame for foot support lacing; tip curved up 13.5 cm; 2 piece frame; spliced toe.

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