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Snow shoe
Object Number 15-36-10/86316
Display Title Snow shoe
Descriptions
Object Description Old snow shoe. Filling of cowskin thongs. Made by Atlaxaiux
Inventory Description Snowshoe, rounded front, tapering end, sinew? webbing
Classification
  • Snowshoe
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood, Sinew?
Dimensions Overall: 70.5 x 37.5 x 2.2 cm (27 3/4 x 14 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86316
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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