Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-6543a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026543a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Boots, fishskin; applique work.; long leg sewn in strips and trimmed with strip of contrasting skin and stitching; leather sole; damage and loss on front below knee; some repairs.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Unalaska, Aleutians West Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska. Rudolph Neumann was stationed at Unalaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6543a,b, described as Boots, fishskin; applique work.; long leg sewn in strips and trimmed with strip of contrasting skin and stitching; leather sole; damage and loss on front below knee; some repairs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6543a,b, described as Boots, fishskin; applique work.; long leg sewn in strips and trimmed with strip of contrasting skin and stitching; leather sole; damage and loss on front below knee; some repairs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6543a,b, described as Boots, fishskin; applique work.; long leg sewn in strips and trimmed with strip of contrasting skin and stitching; leather sole; damage and loss on front below knee; some repairs.

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