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Object Number
88-51-10/50189
Display Title
Grass overshoe-twined weaving
Descriptions
Object Description
Grass overshoe-twined weaving
Inventory Description
Boots, woven fiber, unfinished top, unraveling, shedding
Classification
- Boot
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Norton Sound; Unaleet
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 31 x 21.5 x 11 cm (12 3/16 x 8 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1 Pair
Provenance
Collector
Lucien M. Turner
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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