Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-6696a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026696a@2cb
Alternate number:
x-2889 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
white skin upper portion trimmed with strip of dark skin below the top; lower part, brown skin; crimped soles of bearded seal skin.
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— width 18 centimeters and measurements for storage— length 43 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6696a,b, described as white skin upper portion trimmed with strip of dark skin below the top; lower part, brown skin; crimped soles of bearded seal skin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6696a,b, described as white skin upper portion trimmed with strip of dark skin below the top; lower part, brown skin; crimped soles of bearded seal skin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6696a,b, described as white skin upper portion trimmed with strip of dark skin below the top; lower part, brown skin; crimped soles of bearded seal skin.

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