Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-6558a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026558a@2cb
Alternate number:
x-2751 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Mid-calf height boots, depilated sealskin soles. Elaborately constructed uppers; lower section of brown caribou, middle section of trimmed white caribou and black bear (?) with beads and tassels. Upper section of trimmed white caribou with tufts of red yarn. Canvas drawstring tube, drawstring of cotton twine. Rawhide ankle-ties. Sinew thread, oogruk soles (fide Ronald W. Senungetuk, July 1987).
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:
Glass (material)
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Mans dress boots.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 39 centimeters, measurements for storage— height 10 centimeters, measurements for storage— width 24 centimeters, and measurements for storage— length 42 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6558a,b, described as Mid-calf height boots, depilated sealskin soles. Elaborately constructed uppers; lower section of brown caribou, middle section of trimmed white caribou and black bear (?) with beads and tassels. Upper section of trimmed white caribou with tufts of red yarn. Canvas drawstring tube, drawstring of cotton twine. Rawhide ankle-ties. Sinew thread, oogruk soles (fide Ronald W. Senungetuk, July 1987).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6558a,b, described as Mid-calf height boots, depilated sealskin soles. Elaborately constructed uppers; lower section of brown caribou, middle section of trimmed white caribou and black bear (?) with beads and tassels. Upper section of trimmed white caribou with tufts of red yarn. Canvas drawstring tube, drawstring of cotton twine. Rawhide ankle-ties. Sinew thread, oogruk soles (fide Ronald W. Senungetuk, July 1987).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6558a,b, described as Mid-calf height boots, depilated sealskin soles. Elaborately constructed uppers; lower section of brown caribou, middle section of trimmed white caribou and black bear (?) with beads and tassels. Upper section of trimmed white caribou with tufts of red yarn. Canvas drawstring tube, drawstring of cotton twine. Rawhide ankle-ties. Sinew thread, oogruk soles (fide Ronald W. Senungetuk, July 1987).

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