Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-15113a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210215113a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.500CT
Description:
Calf-height boots, depilated sealskin soles, leopard seal uppers of unusual two-piece pattern. Loops for ankle straps but no straps. Cotton drawstring with fossil ivory beads. Draw-string tube of knitted textile. Seams decorated with red and blue yarns. sewn with cotton thread.
Donor:
T. W. Anderson
Collection place:
Kuskokwim River, Kuskokwim, Unknown Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kuskokwim; Kuskokwim River
Culture or time period:
Kuskowagmiut Eskimo
Collector:
T. W. Anderson
Collection date:
1932
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Accession date:
January 1935
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— length 32 centimeters, measurements for storage— width 29 centimeters, measurements for storage— height 10 centimeters, and height 27 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-15113a,b, described as Calf-height boots, depilated sealskin soles, leopard seal uppers of unusual two-piece pattern. Loops for ankle straps but no straps. Cotton drawstring with fossil ivory beads. Draw-string tube of knitted textile. Seams decorated with red and blue yarns. sewn with cotton thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-15113a,b, described as Calf-height boots, depilated sealskin soles, leopard seal uppers of unusual two-piece pattern. Loops for ankle straps but no straps. Cotton drawstring with fossil ivory beads. Draw-string tube of knitted textile. Seams decorated with red and blue yarns. sewn with cotton thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-15113a,b, described as Calf-height boots, depilated sealskin soles, leopard seal uppers of unusual two-piece pattern. Loops for ankle straps but no straps. Cotton drawstring with fossil ivory beads. Draw-string tube of knitted textile. Seams decorated with red and blue yarns. sewn with cotton thread.

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