Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-6892a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026892a@2cb
Alternate number:
130 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Ankle-height boots, depilated sealskin soles, fur-out caribou uppers. Uppers attached to sole with intervening strip of alder-dyed leather. Boot tops are decorated with dyed leather and bleached leather, embroidered with white reindeer hair and small amounts of colored thread. Leather ankle ties sewn to sole. Drawstring tube with braided fiber drawstring. Made with sealskin, caribou, dyed and bleached leather, reindeer hair, colored thread, gut, braided fiber, and 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 12.7 centimeters, measurements for storage— height 13 centimeters, measurements for storage— width 27 centimeters, and height 21.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6892a,b, described as Ankle-height boots, depilated sealskin soles, fur-out caribou uppers. Uppers attached to sole with intervening strip of alder-dyed leather. Boot tops are decorated with dyed leather and bleached leather, embroidered with white reindeer hair and small amounts of colored thread. Leather ankle ties sewn to sole. Drawstring tube with braided fiber drawstring. Made with sealskin, caribou, dyed and bleached leather, reindeer hair, colored thread, gut, braided fiber, and sinew thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6892a,b, described as Ankle-height boots, depilated sealskin soles, fur-out caribou uppers. Uppers attached to sole with intervening strip of alder-dyed leather. Boot tops are decorated with dyed leather and bleached leather, embroidered with white reindeer hair and small amounts of colored thread. Leather ankle ties sewn to sole. Drawstring tube with braided fiber drawstring. Made with sealskin, caribou, dyed and bleached leather, reindeer hair, colored thread, gut, braided fiber, and sinew thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6892a,b, described as Ankle-height boots, depilated sealskin soles, fur-out caribou uppers. Uppers attached to sole with intervening strip of alder-dyed leather. Boot tops are decorated with dyed leather and bleached leather, embroidered with white reindeer hair and small amounts of colored thread. Leather ankle ties sewn to sole. Drawstring tube with braided fiber drawstring. Made with sealskin, caribou, dyed and bleached leather, reindeer hair, colored thread, gut, braided fiber, and sinew thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6892a,b, described as Ankle-height boots, depilated sealskin soles, fur-out caribou uppers. Uppers attached to sole with intervening strip of alder-dyed leather. Boot tops are decorated with dyed leather and bleached leather, embroidered with white reindeer hair and small amounts of colored thread. Leather ankle ties sewn to sole. Drawstring tube with braided fiber drawstring. Made with sealskin, caribou, dyed and bleached leather, reindeer hair, colored thread, gut, braided fiber, and sinew thread.

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