Snowshoes - made from stalks of altergen plant, tie rope of butah fiber – Objects

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Object Number 39-112-60/6598

Display Title Snowshoes - made from stalks of altergen plant, tie rope of butah fiber

Descriptions

Object Description Snowshoes - made from stalks of altergen plant, tie rope of butah fiber (Acantholimon sp.) (caugal)

Inventory Description Snowshoes, bent and tied plant stalks, wrapped with twisted fiber rope

Classification

Snowshoe

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Besud
Hazara

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Asia / Afghanistan

Additional Geographic Terms Afghanistan, Central: Hazarajat; Besud

Materials Plant fiber, Plant

Dimensions Overall: 3.9 x 32 x 30 cm (1 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 11 13/16 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object 39-112-60/6598

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