Indoor slippers made of caribou skin, fur in. Approximately ankle-height. Decorated with red paint around sole seam and down middle of instep. Leather ankle-strap. Fastened throught pierce loops.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Slippers (shoes)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 29 centimeters, measurements for storage— length 30.5 centimeters, measurements for storage— width 13 centimeters, and measurements for storage— height 8 centimeters