Snowshoes (drags)

Museum number:
9-23069a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4789
Description:
Snow shoes made from rice straw ("wara") and attached to one another by cord. Fragile and misshapen.
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Toyama Prefecture, Hokuriku region, Chubu region
Verbatim coll. place:
Toyama
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
January 21, 1992
Materials:
Rice straw
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
1.4 Transportation and 2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 9.5 inches, depth 4 inches, and length 13 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 9-23069a,b, described as Snow shoes made from rice straw ("wara") and attached to one another by cord. Fragile and misshapen.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Snowshoes (drags), accession number 9-23069a,b, described as Snow shoes made from rice straw ("wara") and attached to one another by cord. Fragile and misshapen.

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