Boot (footwear)

Museum number:

2-71401a

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm2102071401a

Accession number:

Acc.4468

Description:

Leather boot, depilated sealskin sole crimped at toe and heel, border around top of light colored leather with small geometric appliques in dark brown and green leather, leather strap attached at instep and through dark green loops at ankle, cotton felt foot pad. Dyed.

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)