Knee-height boots, depilated sealskin soles, caribou uppers, white, with brown panels on sides. Wide leather ankle straps. No decoration. Blue felt drawstring tube. Sewn with cotton thread.
Donor:
Ruth E. Fenenga
Collection place:
Cape Prince of Wales, Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Strait; Cape Prince of Wales
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
James Franklin Cross
Collection date:
1907
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Accession date:
January 14, 1946
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— height 10 centimeters, measurements for storage— length 47 centimeters, measurements for storage— width 33 centimeters, and height 47 centimeters