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Pair of snowshoes. Wooden frame of birch or larch with babiche. Light color.
Pair of snowshoes. Wooden frame of birch or larch with babiche. Light color.
Object Number 985-5-10/60027
Display Title Pair of snowshoes. Wooden frame of birch or larch with babiche. Light color.
Descriptions
Object Description Pair of snowshoes. Wooden frame of birch or larch with babiche. Light in color.
Inventory Description Snowshoes, wood frame, woven sinew, 1 snowshoe damaged, tied together with fiber
Classification
  • Snowshoe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ojibwa?
  • Maliseet
  • Penobscot?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Wood, Sinew, Leather, Fiber cord
Dimensions Overall: 113.9 x 35.6 x 2.7 cm (44 13/16 x 14 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-5-10/60027 & W. B. Cabot/ Chent[illegible] Hil/ USS
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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