Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-73316a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210273316a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4793
Description:
Leather boots with thread twisted decoration in pinks and yellow around top of foot seam, lacing around ankle, would tie in front, overlapping flaps around ankle/calf.
Donor:
Paul Hockings
Collection place:
Ontario, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Big Trout Lake
Culture or time period:
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Fur (hair material) and Leather (moose)
Taxon:
Alces alces
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1960
Accession date:
January 11, 2016
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole— length 12 inches, whole— width 7 inches, and whole— height 5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-73316a,b, described as Leather boots with thread twisted decoration in pinks and yellow around top of foot seam, lacing around ankle, would tie in front, overlapping flaps around ankle/calf.

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