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Object Number 15-36-10/86317
Display Title Snow shoe frame
Descriptions
Object Description Frame of old snow shoe made by Attaxaiux. Has two cross sticks.
Inventory Description Snowshoe frame, 2 crossbars, sinew? cordage
Classification
  • Snowshoe
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 77 x 30 x 1.7 cm (30 5/16 x 11 13/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86317
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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