Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-6532a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026532a@2cb
Alternate number:
x-2725 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Ankle-height boots. Depilated sealskin soles. White and brown caribou uppers. No decoration. Rawhide ankle straps. Gut or sinew thread used throughout. No drawstings. Caribou leg skin, hair side out, uppers sewn to sole of bearded seal skin, crimped at the heel and toe; thongs attached for lacing.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Sealskin
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— width 28 centimeters, measurements for storage— length 16.5 centimeters, measurements for storage— height 14 centimeters, and height 18 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6532a,b, described as Ankle-height boots. Depilated sealskin soles. White and brown caribou uppers. No decoration. Rawhide ankle straps. Gut or sinew thread used throughout. No drawstings. Caribou leg skin, hair side out, uppers sewn to sole of bearded seal skin, crimped at the heel and toe; thongs attached for lacing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6532a,b, described as Ankle-height boots. Depilated sealskin soles. White and brown caribou uppers. No decoration. Rawhide ankle straps. Gut or sinew thread used throughout. No drawstings. Caribou leg skin, hair side out, uppers sewn to sole of bearded seal skin, crimped at the heel and toe; thongs attached for lacing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6532a,b, described as Ankle-height boots. Depilated sealskin soles. White and brown caribou uppers. No decoration. Rawhide ankle straps. Gut or sinew thread used throughout. No drawstings. Caribou leg skin, hair side out, uppers sewn to sole of bearded seal skin, crimped at the heel and toe; thongs attached for lacing.

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