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Pair of snowshoes. Wooden frame of birch or larch laced w/ babiche. Dark color.
Pair of snowshoes. Wooden frame of birch or larch laced w/ babiche. Dark color.
Object Number 985-5-10/60026
Display Title Pair of snowshoes. Wooden frame of birch or larch laced w/ babiche. Dark color.
Descriptions
Object Description Pair of snowshoes. Wooden frame of birch or larch laced with babiche. Dark in color.
Inventory Description Snowshoes, carved wood frame, dark stain, woven sinew, leather bindings
Classification
  • Snowshoe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Penobscot?
  • Ojibwa?
  • Maliseet
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Wood, Sinew, Leather, Fiber cord
Dimensions Overall: 101.3 x 40.4 x 2.3 cm (39 7/8 x 15 7/8 x 7/8 in.) Distance (Height of shoe rim): 2.25 cm Distance (Length of shoe): 102 cm Distance (Width at front support bar): 38 cm Distance (Width at back support bar): 26 cm Distance (Thickness of front support bar): 1.18 cm Distance (Width of Back support bar): 3.21 cm Distance (Height of opening at center): 7.2 cm Distance (Width of front support bar): 3.28 cm Distance (Thickness of back support bar): 1.21 cm Distance (Width of show rim): 1.73 cm Distance (Width of opening at center): 11.45 cm
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-5-10/60026
Credit Line Gift of Julia Coolidge, 1985
Provenance
Collector William Brooks Cabot (01/01/1899-01/01/1924)
Donor Julia Coolidge (06/01/1985)

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