Model of pair of snowshoes; red-stained wood frame; sinew (babiche?) lacing stained red in some places.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
1.4 Transportation and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Model.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
46.7 centimeters
Loans:
S1961-1962 #75: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 10, 1962–May 10, 1962), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1965-1966 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (June 16, 1966–July 29, 1966), and S1971-1972 #9: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (July 28, 1971–August 31, 1971)