Snowshoes (drags)
- Museum number:
- 9-23070a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210923070a@2cb
- Accession number:
- Acc.4789
- Description:
- Snow shoes made from rice straw ("wara") and wisteria weft.
- Donor:
- Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
- Collection place:
- Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Kansai region
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Ibuki-gun, Shiga-ken
- Culture or time period:
- Japanese
- Collector:
- Dai Williams
- Collection date:
- January 21, 1992
- Materials:
- Rice straw and Wisteria (weft)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Shoes (footwear)
- Function:
- 1.4 Transportation and 2.1 Daily Garb
- Accession date:
- March 20, 2012
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- depth 5.5 inches, width 11.5 inches, and length 12 inches
- Images:
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