Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-56541a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210256541a@2cb
Alternate number:
28 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2862
Description:
Boots, moose hide; zigzag design in red, white and green glass trade beads; red and blue plaited yarn ties and tassels; length each ca. 42 cm. Native name and meaning: miss-chins (big slippers).
Donor:
Lucy W. Turner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada
Culture or time period:
Cree
Collector:
Lucy W. Turner
Collection date:
February 1972
Taxon:
Alces alces
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boots (footwear) and Plaited weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
February 20, 1974
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-56541a,b, described as Boots, moose hide; zigzag design in red, white and green glass trade beads; red and blue plaited yarn ties and tassels; length each ca. 42 cm. Native name and meaning: miss-chins (big slippers).

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