Snowshoes (drags)

Museum number:
2-2243a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21022243a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
One pair of snowshoes, Canadian. One piece frams, steamed and bent, squared toe, flat frame with 2 crosspieces. No Right-Left differentiation. Hexagonal netting in toe, foot and rear sections. Front and rear sections reeved through selvage thong, foot-netting wrapped. Toe-hole. Leather binding.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada
Culture or time period:
Iroquois
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 2-2243a,b, described as One pair of snowshoes, Canadian. One piece frams, steamed and bent, squared toe, flat frame with 2 crosspieces. No Right-Left differentiation. Hexagonal netting in toe, foot and rear sections. Front and rear sections reeved through selvage thong, foot-netting wrapped. Toe-hole. Leather binding.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 2-2243a,b, described as One pair of snowshoes, Canadian. One piece frams, steamed and bent, squared toe, flat frame with 2 crosspieces. No Right-Left differentiation. Hexagonal netting in toe, foot and rear sections. Front and rear sections reeved through selvage thong, foot-netting wrapped. Toe-hole. Leather binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 2-2243a,b, described as One pair of snowshoes, Canadian. One piece frams, steamed and bent, squared toe, flat frame with 2 crosspieces. No Right-Left differentiation. Hexagonal netting in toe, foot and rear sections. Front and rear sections reeved through selvage thong, foot-netting wrapped. Toe-hole. Leather binding.

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