Fur with leather strap ties, depilitated sealskin soles, full-length zipper, geometric design around upper area in brown and white fur. Burgundy cotton around top, cotton felt inner footpad. Hand sewn.
Donor:
Murial Cook
Collection place:
Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Western Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Clara Hayes Gaddie Moon
Collection date:
1933-1957
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— length 40 centimeters, height 39.5 centimeters, measurements for storage— height 5 centimeters, length 27 centimeters, and measurements for storage— width 25.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: Sturtevant, William C., ed. Handbook of North American Indians, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1984, Volume 5, p. 286, Fig. 1, p. 289, p. 304, Fig. 1.