Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-54a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020054a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Knee-length. Depilitated sealskin soles. bleached leather decorated band between sole and uppers. Uppers of brown caribou with golden seal panels on sides. Extensive checkwork decoration around boot top, geometric patterns of white, brown clipped caribou, bands of golden seal, and red yarn. Fringe and tassels of wolverine. Red textile drawstring tube, white drawstring.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Gulo gulo and Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
40 centimeters, measurements for storage— height 14 centimeters, measurements for storage— width 25.5 centimeters, and measurements for storage— length 48 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-54a,b, described as Knee-length. Depilitated sealskin soles. bleached leather decorated band between sole and uppers. Uppers of brown caribou with golden seal panels on sides. Extensive checkwork decoration around boot top, geometric patterns of white, brown clipped caribou, bands of golden seal, and red yarn. Fringe and tassels of wolverine. Red textile drawstring tube, white drawstring.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-54a,b, described as Knee-length. Depilitated sealskin soles. bleached leather decorated band between sole and uppers. Uppers of brown caribou with golden seal panels on sides. Extensive checkwork decoration around boot top, geometric patterns of white, brown clipped caribou, bands of golden seal, and red yarn. Fringe and tassels of wolverine. Red textile drawstring tube, white drawstring.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-54a,b, described as Knee-length. Depilitated sealskin soles. bleached leather decorated band between sole and uppers. Uppers of brown caribou with golden seal panels on sides. Extensive checkwork decoration around boot top, geometric patterns of white, brown clipped caribou, bands of golden seal, and red yarn. Fringe and tassels of wolverine. Red textile drawstring tube, white drawstring.

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