Snowshoes Item Number: A2.544 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Pair of leaf-shaped, light brown wooden snowshoes; one end is rounded and sharply upturned while the other tapers gently to an extended point. Three wooden crossbars separate the rawhide latticework into three main sections, with a mesh-like pattern at the two ends and open, rectangular grid-like strapping in the centre. Tufts of red fabric and bristly white hair are tied along the centre of the front and back panels.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Owned by George E. Winter
- Received from George E. Winter (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Snowshoes
- Identification Number
- A2.544 a-b
- Type of Item
- snowshoe
- Material
- wood, rawhide skin, fibre, caribou hair ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, bent and woven
- Part A
- height 20.0 cm, width 25.0 cm, depth 137.0 cm
- Part B
- height 18.0 cm, width 25.5 cm, depth 140.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit ?
- Previous Owner
- George E. Winter
- Received from
- George E. Winter (Unknown)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
Other
- Condition
- fair