Snow sliders

Museum number:
2-6561a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026561a@2cb
Alternate number:
x-2754 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Short wooden boards with upturned, pointed tips. Simple rawhide binding with peg fasteners approximately large enough for a childs foot. Entire bottom covered with fur (light brown underfur, gold-tiped dark brown guard hairs. species ?) Fur attached with twisted gut lashing across top of slider.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Fur (hair material) and Skin (collagenous material)
Taxon:
Castor canadensis
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
to go on ice
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— height 11.5 centimeters, measurements for storage— length 28 centimeters, measurements for storage— width 38 centimeters, length 38 centimeters, and width 11 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow sliders, accession number 2-6561a,b, described as Short wooden boards with upturned, pointed tips. Simple rawhide binding with peg fasteners approximately large enough for a childs foot. Entire bottom covered with fur (light brown underfur, gold-tiped dark brown guard hairs. species ?) Fur attached with twisted gut lashing across top of slider.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow sliders, accession number 2-6561a,b, described as Short wooden boards with upturned, pointed tips. Simple rawhide binding with peg fasteners approximately large enough for a childs foot. Entire bottom covered with fur (light brown underfur, gold-tiped dark brown guard hairs. species ?) Fur attached with twisted gut lashing across top of slider.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow sliders, accession number 2-6561a,b, described as Short wooden boards with upturned, pointed tips. Simple rawhide binding with peg fasteners approximately large enough for a childs foot. Entire bottom covered with fur (light brown underfur, gold-tiped dark brown guard hairs. species ?) Fur attached with twisted gut lashing across top of slider.

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