Caribou Sinew Snowshoes
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Nov 1875
name: label: Donor Name
content: G R. Renfrew
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD FOR BOTH 24788 AND 24789: "24788-GENTLEMAN'S SIZE. 24789-LADY'S SIZE.. [24789 TO] TROCADERO, JULY 1885. #24788-ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1894; PL. 18; P. 404. 24,788: SQUARE, FLAT HICKORY FRAMES, WITH OAK BRACES. BROAD, ROUNDING TOE, SLIGHTLY CURVED UP; LONG, SHARP HEEL. FOOT NETTING OF FINE SINEW WRAPPED AROUND FRAME AND BRACES TOE AND HEEL NETTING OF SAME, ROVE THROUGH FRAMES. FASTENED TO FOOT BY BROAD STRAP OF DRESSED BUCKSKIN, EMBROIDERED WITH BEADS, OVER TOES, AND LONG STRAP OF SAME AROUND ANKLE. USED BY HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS OF ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY."
label: Notes
content: In 2023, Paz Nunez-Regueiro, Head of the Americas collection at the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac confirmed that 24789 is still there, now as catalog number 71.1885.78.366.1-2.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 75A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E24788-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Snowshoe