Boots
Item number 1769/1 a-f from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Pair of outer boots (parts a-b) with one pair of outer liners (c-d) and a pair of inner liners (e-f). The boots are made with fur soles and skin uppers, decorated with three bands of rickrack in red, green and dark blue. The seal skin legs have mottled grey seal fur at the base, a band of off-white seal fur, a band of dark grey seal fur, and another band of off-white seal fur at the top. The edge is trimmed with dark blue fabric through which is threaded a red, yellow, green and dark blue wool drawstring. The outer liners are made of off-white felted wool with sole and foot sections joined in green herringbone stitching and the top edged in a decorative blanket stitch. The inner liners are taller than the outer liners and are made from off-white felted wool with the top band embroidered with four floral motifs and edged with red and green zigzag design in wool yarn.
Narrative
Acquired by the donor's mother, Margaret MacKenzie, as a gift in the late 1960's.
Item History
- Made in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada before 1970
- Owned by Margaret Mackenzie before 1987
- Owned by Susan Roote before December 31, 1998
- Received from Susan Roote (Donor) on December 31, 1998
What
- Name
- Boots
- Identification Number
- 1769/1 a-f
- Type of Item
- boot
- Material
- seal skin, wool fibre, cotton fibre and caribou skin ?
- Part B
- height 39.0 cm, width 13.0 cm, depth 29.5 cm
- Part A
- height 43.0 cm, width 11.0 cm, depth 28.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Margaret Mackenzie and Susan Roote
- Received from
- Susan Roote (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1970
- Ownership Date
- before 1987 and before December 31, 1998
- Acquisition Date
- on December 31, 1998
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 51
- Accession Number
- 1769/0001 a-f
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