Snowshoes (drags)

Museum number:
2-2245a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21022245a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Pair of; 3 strut; painted blue and red; tufts of hair decorate frame; tip curved up 11.5 cm; 2 piece frame, spliced toe. Decoration includes tufts of caribou (?) hair, parallel line carving and a piece of bone 4 in. long at the toe carved with concentric circles and centered with red wool held down by sinew loops, alternating with tufts of caribou hair.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Subarctic, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Subarctic
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Worn by woman.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 18.3 centimeters and length 95 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4344.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 2-2245a,b, described as Pair of; 3 strut; painted blue and red; tufts of hair decorate frame; tip curved up 11.5 cm; 2 piece frame, spliced toe. Decoration includes tufts of caribou (?) hair, parallel line carving and a piece of bone 4 in. long at the toe carved with concentric circles and centered with red wool held down by sinew loops, alternating with tufts of caribou hair.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 2-2245a,b, described as Pair of; 3 strut; painted blue and red; tufts of hair decorate frame; tip curved up 11.5 cm; 2 piece frame, spliced toe. Decoration includes tufts of caribou (?) hair, parallel line carving and a piece of bone 4 in. long at the toe carved with concentric circles and centered with red wool held down by sinew loops, alternating with tufts of caribou hair.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 2-2245a,b, described as Pair of; 3 strut; painted blue and red; tufts of hair decorate frame; tip curved up 11.5 cm; 2 piece frame, spliced toe. Decoration includes tufts of caribou (?) hair, parallel line carving and a piece of bone 4 in. long at the toe carved with concentric circles and centered with red wool held down by sinew loops, alternating with tufts of caribou hair.

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