Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-71401a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210271401a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4468
Object count:
2
Description:
Leather, depilitated sealskin soles crimped at toes and heels, border around top of light colored leather with small geometric appliques in dark brown and green leather, leather strap attached at instep and through dark green loops at ankle, cotton felt foot pad. Dyed.
Donor:
Murial Cook
Collection place:
Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Western Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Clara Hayes Gaddie Moon
Collection date:
1933-1957
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— length 20 centimeters, height 20.5 centimeters, measurements for storage— width 29 centimeters, height 22 centimeters, length 27.4 centimeters, and length 27 centimeters
Comment:
References: Sturtevant, William C., ed. Handbook of North American Indians, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1984, Volume 5, p. 286, Fig. 1, p. 289, p. 304, Fig. 1.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-71401a,b, described as Leather, depilitated sealskin soles crimped at toes and heels, border around top of light colored leather with small geometric appliques in dark brown and green leather, leather strap attached at instep and through dark green loops at ankle, cotton felt foot pad. Dyed.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-71401a,b, described as Leather, depilitated sealskin soles crimped at toes and heels, border around top of light colored leather with small geometric appliques in dark brown and green leather, leather strap attached at instep and through dark green loops at ankle, cotton felt foot pad. Dyed.

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