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Grass overshoe-twined weaving
Grass overshoe-twined weaving
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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