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Object Number
15-36-10/86310
Display Title
Pair of snow shoes, round-tail type. Mountain maple wood and horse hide thong net
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
tuwixánkxEn
Object Description
Pair of snow shoes, round-tail type. Mountain maple wood and horse hide thong
Inventory Description
Snowshoes, rounded front, tapering end, sinew? webbing, leather straps
Classification
- Snowshoe
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1915
Culture
- Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Materials
Wood, Leather, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 78 x 37.3 x 2 cm (30 11/16 x 14 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
86310
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller
James A. Teit
(?)
Collector
James A. Teit
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