Mukluks

Museum number:

2-2983a,b

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

12 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.26

Object count:

2

Description:

Waterproof mukluks. Legs made from seal skin. Soles from from the hide of the walrus or big bull seal,known as "cogrook".

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Cape Prince of Wales, Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait

Verbatim coll. place:

Alaska; Bering Strait; Cape Prince of Wales

Culture or time period:

Alaskan Eskimo

Collector:

H. H. Cushing

Collection date:

1901

Object type:

ethnography

Accession date:

December 16, 1902

Context of use:

Made by the natives at Cape Prince of Wales and used by them entirely. They are waterproof. The miners are using them now".

Department:

Cat. 2 - North America (except Mexico and Central America)

Dimensions:

measurements for storage— length 42 centimeters and measurements for storage— width 32 centimeters

Comment:

Called "oogrook" (walrus or big bull seal) the latter is the best, weighs 900 lbs." Miners using them now and "has run up the prices two and three hundred percent.

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