Snow-Shoes

Object Details

Collector

Mr. Robert Kennicott

Donor Name

Mr. Robert Kennicott

FROM CARD: "*IDENTIFIED AS "HARE" BY CORNELIUS OSGOOD, SEPT. 1970, SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF INDEX ENTRY "FORT GOOD HOPE, R. KENNICOTT." RATHER SMALL SIZE. SQUARE FRAME, POINTED AT EACH END AND CURVED UP IN FRONT. NETTING OF FINE LINE CUT FROM PREPARED DEERSKINS, CALLED BABICHE; THAT UNDER FOOT IS COARSE AND STRONG AND WRAPPED AROUND FRAMES, THE REST IS FINER AND CLOSER AND IS WOVE THROUGH FRAME. L. 36 INCHES, GREATEST BREADTH, 8 3/4:. #861: SQUARE FRAME, POINTED AT EACH END AND CURVED UP IN FRONT. NETTING OF FINE LINE CUT FROM PREPARED DEERSKINS, CALLED BABICHE; THAT UNDER FOOT IS COARSE AND STRONG AND WRAPPED AROUND FRAMES, THE REST IS FINER AND CLOSER AND IS WOVE THROUGH FRAME. L. 36 INCHES, G. B. 8 3/4". "

Provenience note: Ledger book identifies as from the "Indians of Ft. Good Hope", but also says "snow shoes of Slave Indians of Mackenzie River."

Record Last Modified

4 May 2018

Specimen Count

2

Culture

Hare (K'asho Got'ine, Dene)

Accession Date

1863

Accession Number

000177

USNM Number

E861-0

Object Type

Snowshoe

Length - Object

91 cm

Maximum Width - Object

22.22 cm

Place

Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

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NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8483406

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/375641296-37d5-475e-84fd-40015149feae