Snowshoes (drags)

Museum number:
9-17214a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210917214a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
Snow shoes; straw; soles are double pads of woven straw sewn to bottom of upper part of shoe; front and bottom edges are twined; sides and back are rows of vertical straw sewn together with black thread; red cloth sewn all around. Tag on shoes in Japanese.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Hokkaidō Prefecture, Hokkaido, Japan
Culture or time period:
Ainu
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Shoes (footwear), Snowshoes (drags), and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 9-17214a,b, described as Snow shoes; straw; soles are double pads of woven straw sewn to bottom of upper part of shoe; front and bottom edges are twined; sides and back are rows of vertical straw sewn together with black thread; red cloth sewn all around. Tag on shoes in Japanese.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 9-17214a,b, described as Snow shoes; straw; soles are double pads of woven straw sewn to bottom of upper part of shoe; front and bottom edges are twined; sides and back are rows of vertical straw sewn together with black thread; red cloth sewn all around. Tag on shoes in Japanese.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 9-17214a,b, described as Snow shoes; straw; soles are double pads of woven straw sewn to bottom of upper part of shoe; front and bottom edges are twined; sides and back are rows of vertical straw sewn together with black thread; red cloth sewn all around. Tag on shoes in Japanese.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 9-17214a,b, described as Snow shoes; straw; soles are double pads of woven straw sewn to bottom of upper part of shoe; front and bottom edges are twined; sides and back are rows of vertical straw sewn together with black thread; red cloth sewn all around. Tag on shoes in Japanese.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 9-17214a,b, described as Snow shoes; straw; soles are double pads of woven straw sewn to bottom of upper part of shoe; front and bottom edges are twined; sides and back are rows of vertical straw sewn together with black thread; red cloth sewn all around. Tag on shoes in Japanese.

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