Boot (footwear)

Museum number:
2-6546b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2102006546b
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Seal skin boot, for woman. White skin, uppers; trimmed with band of dark color near the top; lower section brown leather; lacing, mostly lost; crimped sealskin soles with hairs on outside.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boot (footwear), accession number 2-6546b, described as Seal skin boot, for woman. White skin, uppers; trimmed with band of dark color near the top; lower section brown leather; lacing, mostly lost; crimped sealskin soles with hairs on outside.

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