Snowshoes Model Item Number: E2046-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "SQUARE, FRAME POINTED END, SHARPLY CURVED UP IN FRONT; NETTING MADE OF FINE LINE, CUT FROM PREPARED DEERSKINS, CALLED BABICHE; FOOT NETTING WRAPPED AROUND FRAME; THE REST IS ROVE THROUGH IT; WOOD-WORK PAINTED AND ORNAMENTED WITH TUFTS OF WORSTED ON THE OUTSIDE. CHIPPEWAYAN MODEL, USED BY ESKIMO OF ARCTIC COAST AND BY HUDSON BAY CO.'S VOYAGEURS. *DOUBLE ENTRY UNDER CAT. #530."
Item History
- Made in Canada
- Collected in Canada
- Received from Bernard R. Ross on December 27, 1866
What
- Name
- Snowshoes Model
- Identification Number
- E2046-0
- Type of Item
- snowshoe model
Who
- Culture
- Chipewyan
- Received from
- Bernard R. Ross
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Canada
- Collected in
- Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on December 27, 1866
Other
- Accession Number
- 66A00095