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Pair of snow shoes, sharp-tailed type made from maple wood and caribou babiche
Pair of snow shoes, sharp-tailed type made from maple wood and caribou babiche
Object Number 15-36-10/86308
Display Title Pair of snow shoes, sharp-tailed type made from maple wood and caribou babiche
Descriptions
Object Description Pair of snow shoes, sharp-tailed type. Ground stick of mountain maple wood.
Inventory Description Pair of showshoes, wood frame with hide and sinew webbing
Classification
  • Snowshoe
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Maple Sinew Rawhide
Dimensions Overall: 95.5 x 39 x 2.3 cm (37 5/8 x 15 3/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 86308
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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