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Object Number 41-50-10/23256
Display Title Pair of eagle snowshoes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Snowshoe, wide wooden oval frames, sinew lacing.
Classification
  • Snowshoe
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Montagnais
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Quebec
Additional Geographic Terms Saint Lawrence Gulf, lower, Mingan region?
Materials Wood, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 64.5 x 66.5 x 2 cm (25 3/8 x 26 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 41-50-10/23256
Provenance
Collector William Brooks Cabot (1901 ca. - 1941)
Donor William Brooks Cabot (1901 ca. - 1941)

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