Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-13833
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020013833
Accession number:
Acc.1946A
Description:
Knee-height boots, depilated sealskin soles, caribou uppers, white, with brown panels on sides. Wide leather ankle straps. No decoration. Blue felt drawstring tube. Sewn with cotton thread.
Donor:
Ruth E. Fenenga
Collection place:
Cape Prince of Wales, Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Strait; Cape Prince of Wales
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
James Franklin Cross
Collection date:
1907
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Accession date:
January 14, 1946
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— height 47 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-13833, described as Knee-height boots, depilated sealskin soles, caribou uppers, white, with brown panels on sides. Wide leather ankle straps. No decoration. Blue felt drawstring tube. Sewn with cotton thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-13833, described as Knee-height boots, depilated sealskin soles, caribou uppers, white, with brown panels on sides. Wide leather ankle straps. No decoration. Blue felt drawstring tube. Sewn with cotton thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-13833, described as Knee-height boots, depilated sealskin soles, caribou uppers, white, with brown panels on sides. Wide leather ankle straps. No decoration. Blue felt drawstring tube. Sewn with cotton thread.

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