Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-15115a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210215115a@2cb
Alternate number:
3 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.500CT
Description:
Infants boots, depilated sealskin soles, fur-out sealskin uppers trimmed with colored yarn, white reindeer hair in seams, fur and textile ribbon trim around boot-top. Cotton print hanging straps. Sewn with sinew and cotton thread. Unused.
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 16.5 centimeters, measurements for storage— height 5 centimeters, height 13 centimeters, and measurements for storage— width 15.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-15115a,b, described as Infants boots, depilated sealskin soles, fur-out sealskin uppers trimmed with colored yarn, white reindeer hair in seams, fur and textile ribbon trim around boot-top. Cotton print hanging straps. Sewn with sinew and cotton thread. Unused.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-15115a,b, described as Infants boots, depilated sealskin soles, fur-out sealskin uppers trimmed with colored yarn, white reindeer hair in seams, fur and textile ribbon trim around boot-top. Cotton print hanging straps. Sewn with sinew and cotton thread. Unused.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-15115a,b, described as Infants boots, depilated sealskin soles, fur-out sealskin uppers trimmed with colored yarn, white reindeer hair in seams, fur and textile ribbon trim around boot-top. Cotton print hanging straps. Sewn with sinew and cotton thread. Unused.

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