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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
- Penobscot?
- Maliseet
- Ojibwa?
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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