Pair Of Snow-Shoes
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Feb 1882
label: Collection Date
content: 1881
name: label: Collector
content: Sgt. John J. McLean
label: Donor Name
content: Sgt. John J. McLean
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1894; PL. 14; P. 394." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "SNOW-SHOES.---FRAME OF WOOD; ROUNDING TOE, STRONGLY CURVED UP; LONG POINTED HEEL. TOE AND HEEL NETTING CLOSE AND FINE, MADE OF LINES OF PREPARED DEER SKIN, OR BABICHE; FOOT NETTING COARSE, STRONG MAHOUT, ROVE THROUGH FRAME. PAINTED AND ORNAMENTED WITH BEADS. LOOPS FOR FASTENING THE SHOE TO THE FOOT. THESE SHOES WERE NOT MADE TO BE WORN INTERCHANGEABLY ON RIGHT AND LEFT FOOT, THERE BEING A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN THE SHAPE OF THE TWO FRAMES. LENGTH, 49 INCHES; GREATEST WIDTH, 11 3/4 INCHES. SITKA, ALASKA, 1882. 63,558. COLLECTED BY JOHN J. MCLEAN. WORN BY THE TINNE INDIANS (ATHAPASCAN STOCK) AND BROUGHT TO SITKA IN TRADE. NEG. NO. 5521."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Baranof Island / Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Athabascan (Athabaskan) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 82A00004
label: USNM Number
content: E63558-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Snowshoe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 124 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 29.84 cm