Boot (footwear)

Museum number:
2-62b
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Boot with depilated sealskin sole, sealskin upper. Single decorative panel across ankle with bead, red leather, clipped caribou and ground squirrel trimming. Multicolored bead work on toe. Seams decorated with colored yarn. Boot-top with fabric drawstring tube and braided drawstring. Tanned leather ankle straps.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kuskokwim River, Kuskokwim, Unknown Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kuskokwim; Kuskokwim River
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boot (footwear), accession number 2-62b, described as Boot with depilated sealskin sole, sealskin upper. Single decorative panel across ankle with bead, red leather, clipped caribou and ground squirrel trimming. Multicolored bead work on toe. Seams decorated with colored yarn. Boot-top with fabric drawstring tube and braided drawstring. Tanned leather ankle straps.

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