Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-2978a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21022978a@2cb
Alternate number:
43 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.26
Description:
Boots-Mazinka. "Walrus soles; lining of reindeer with hair on; legs of moose hide smoked over wood fire to tan it. Water proof. Soles fluted by teeth of maker while wet.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Noona-Taney ?
Collector:
H. H. Cushing
Collection date:
1901
Taxon:
Alces alces and Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Accession date:
December 16, 1902
Context of use:
Fluted with the teeth of squaws while wet.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— width 23 centimeters and measurements for storage— length 18 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-2978a,b, described as Boots-Mazinka. "Walrus soles; lining of reindeer with hair on; legs of moose hide smoked over wood fire to tan it. Water proof. Soles fluted by teeth of maker while wet.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-2978a,b, described as Boots-Mazinka. "Walrus soles; lining of reindeer with hair on; legs of moose hide smoked over wood fire to tan it. Water proof. Soles fluted by teeth of maker while wet.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-2978a,b, described as Boots-Mazinka. "Walrus soles; lining of reindeer with hair on; legs of moose hide smoked over wood fire to tan it. Water proof. Soles fluted by teeth of maker while wet.

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