Snow-Shoes, Model

Object Details

Donor Name

Mr. Robert Kennicott

FROM CARD: "SQUARE FRAMES, POINTED ENDS, SHARPLY CURVED UP IN FRONT. NETTING MADE OF FINE LINE, CUT FROM PREPARED DEERSKINS, CALLED BABICHE; THAT IN TOE AND HEEL IS CLOSE AND FINE AND ROVE THROUGH FRAME; UNDER FOOT IS COARSER AND MORE OPEN AND IS WRAPPED AROUND FRAME. LENGTH, 17 1/2 INCHES. GREATEST BREADTH, 4 3/4 INCHES. AN ATHABASCAN PEOPLE."

Record Last Modified

14 Jan 2020

Specimen Count

2

Culture

Yellowknife (T'atsaot'ine, Dene)

Accession Date

29 Dec 1866

Accession Number

66A00102

USNM Number

E2045-0

Object Type

Snowshoe Model

Length - Object

44.4 cm

Maximum Width - Object

12.07 cm

Place

Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

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Anthropology

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8356618

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/356a20c74-c23f-4552-90b2-711587c5f899