Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-76a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
7-3554a,b (previous museum number (recataloged from), per catalog card)
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Short boots. Instep ornamented by welted seams and strips of tan, off white and brown leather, fur cuff trim. Two thongs, two ties. Soles crimped at heels and toe.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Port Clarence, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Seward Peninsula; Port Clarence
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Mukluks, summer dress boots worn about the village or while traveling in umiaks.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— width 27 centimeters, measurements for storage— length 15 centimeters, 26.6 centimeters, and measurements for storage— height 11 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-76a,b, described as Short boots. Instep ornamented by welted seams and strips of tan, off white and brown leather, fur cuff trim. Two thongs, two ties. Soles crimped at heels and toe.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-76a,b, described as Short boots. Instep ornamented by welted seams and strips of tan, off white and brown leather, fur cuff trim. Two thongs, two ties. Soles crimped at heels and toe.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-76a,b, described as Short boots. Instep ornamented by welted seams and strips of tan, off white and brown leather, fur cuff trim. Two thongs, two ties. Soles crimped at heels and toe.

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