Mukluks Or Boots (Pair)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Aug 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1982 (Made)
name: label: Collector
content: St Lawrence Island Dancers
label: Collector
content: Ms. Genevieve Apatiki
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Estelle Oozevaseuk
notes: label: Notes
content: BEARDED SEAL-HIDE SOLES; UPPERS ARE BROWN, OCHER RED, AND WHITE LEATHER, PIERCED AND APPLIQUED TO FORM RED AND WHITE BANDS WITH LINES AND CIRCLES FORMING A GEOMETRIC PATTERN ON UPPER THIRD. YELLOW COTTON CUFFS ATTACHED TO TOP. THREE VERTICALLY SEWN LINES OF RED GLASS BEADS, FOUR LINES TO THE GROUP, BELOW THE BANDS OF RED AND WHITE LEATHER. WRAPPING STRIPS OF UNLINED WHITE LEATHER ATTACHED AT SOLE. MADE IN 1982 BY GENEVIEVE APATIKI OF SIVUQAQ (GAMBELL), ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND, ALASKA.
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=713 , retrieved 7-17-2018: Boots. Genevieve Apatiki of Gambell made these high-topped sealskin dress boots for the St. Lawrence Island Dancers in 1982. They are feminine in style with customary red and white patchwork designs (takaghaghquq); vertical red strips down the front; decorative strands of red beads; and straps that attach toward the back and do not pass through a loop as on a man's boot. The cuffs are yellow cotton cloth.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: St. Lawrence Island / Gambell, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yupik, St. Lawrence Island
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 362995
label: USNM Number
content: E423975-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Boot
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 44.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 23.1 cm
label: Length - Foot
content: 26.5 cm