Knee-height boots, sealskin sole, sealskin uppers. Red felt around boot-top and seams of uppers. Tanned leather ankle straps. skin with epidermis removed, oogruk soles in King Island/Diomede/Wales style.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Skin (collagenous material) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably for a woman or child. According to Jean Loup Rousselot, these are mans working boots.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 42 centimeters, measurements for storage— width 22 centimeters, measurements for storage— height 10 centimeters, and measurements for storage— length 47 centimeters