Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
2-6553a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026553a@2cb
Alternate number:
x-2746 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Object count:
2
Description:
Boots for man, knee height, tanned caribou skin uppers, fur out; semi depilated caribou rawhide soles. Decoration of alder-dyed caribou fringe down sides of uppers and horizontal band of caribou skin around boot top (for resistance to tearing). Constructed with sinew thread.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Inland Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Sealskin
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
winter; for man
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— length 61 centimeters, height 45 centimeters, and measurements for storage— width 20.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1970-1971 #81B: Burckhalter Elementary School/Ann Schiebelhut (February 17, 1971–February 24, 1971)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6553a,b, described as Boots for man, knee height, tanned caribou skin uppers, fur out; semi depilated caribou rawhide soles. Decoration of alder-dyed caribou fringe down sides of uppers and horizontal band of caribou skin around boot top (for resistance to tearing). Constructed with sinew thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6553a,b, described as Boots for man, knee height, tanned caribou skin uppers, fur out; semi depilated caribou rawhide soles. Decoration of alder-dyed caribou fringe down sides of uppers and horizontal band of caribou skin around boot top (for resistance to tearing). Constructed with sinew thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6553a,b, described as Boots for man, knee height, tanned caribou skin uppers, fur out; semi depilated caribou rawhide soles. Decoration of alder-dyed caribou fringe down sides of uppers and horizontal band of caribou skin around boot top (for resistance to tearing). Constructed with sinew thread.

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