Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-6891a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026891a@2cb
Alternate number:
129 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Ankle-height boots, depilated sealskin soles. White caribou uppers, bleached depilated leather boot-tops with textile drawstring tube, rawhide drawstring. Decoration of red, black and white stitch-work around boot-top and toe. Rawhide ankle-ties. Made with sealskin, caribou, bleached leather, textile, rawhide, and cotton (?) 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
Context of use:
Probably a woman or childs.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 19 centimeters, measurements for storage— length 22 centimeters, measurements for storage— width 24 centimeters, and measurements for storage— height 10 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6891a,b, described as Ankle-height boots, depilated sealskin soles. White caribou uppers, bleached depilated leather boot-tops with textile drawstring tube, rawhide drawstring. Decoration of red, black and white stitch-work around boot-top and toe. Rawhide ankle-ties. Made with sealskin, caribou, bleached leather, textile, rawhide, and cotton (?) thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6891a,b, described as Ankle-height boots, depilated sealskin soles. White caribou uppers, bleached depilated leather boot-tops with textile drawstring tube, rawhide drawstring. Decoration of red, black and white stitch-work around boot-top and toe. Rawhide ankle-ties. Made with sealskin, caribou, bleached leather, textile, rawhide, and cotton (?) thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6891a,b, described as Ankle-height boots, depilated sealskin soles. White caribou uppers, bleached depilated leather boot-tops with textile drawstring tube, rawhide drawstring. Decoration of red, black and white stitch-work around boot-top and toe. Rawhide ankle-ties. Made with sealskin, caribou, bleached leather, textile, rawhide, and cotton (?) thread.

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