Boots
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1880
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1976."
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=569 , retrieved 12-17-2021; see web page for additional information: Boots, Inupiaq. Sealskin hunting boots like these are rugged and waterproof. The black color results from a tanning method that does not remove the skin's outer layer or its natural, water-repellent oils. A tuŋniq (strip of skin) is sewn into the seam between sole and upper, to prevent leaks. This type of boot is lightweight and also breathable, allowing perspiration to escape so the feet stay drier than in rubber or plastic boots.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Golovnin Bay, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 80A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E43321-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Boot
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 48 cm