Snowshoe (drag)

Museum number:
2-19565a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210219565a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.904
Description:
One-piece teardrop frame, steamed and bent. Two mortised cross-pieces. Netting reeved through frame, tufts of fur between rawhide and frame. Square, slightly upturned tip, fine, hexagonal netting for and aft.
Donor:
Harwood A. White
Collection place:
Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Stewart Edward White
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 108 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoe (drag), accession number 2-19565a,b, described as One-piece teardrop frame, steamed and bent. Two mortised cross-pieces. Netting reeved through frame, tufts of fur between rawhide and frame. Square, slightly upturned tip, fine, hexagonal netting for and aft.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoe (drag), accession number 2-19565a,b, described as One-piece teardrop frame, steamed and bent. Two mortised cross-pieces. Netting reeved through frame, tufts of fur between rawhide and frame. Square, slightly upturned tip, fine, hexagonal netting for and aft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoe (drag), accession number 2-19565a,b, described as One-piece teardrop frame, steamed and bent. Two mortised cross-pieces. Netting reeved through frame, tufts of fur between rawhide and frame. Square, slightly upturned tip, fine, hexagonal netting for and aft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoe (drag), accession number 2-19565a,b, described as One-piece teardrop frame, steamed and bent. Two mortised cross-pieces. Netting reeved through frame, tufts of fur between rawhide and frame. Square, slightly upturned tip, fine, hexagonal netting for and aft.

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