Pair Fur Boots
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1, PL. XXI, 8; P. 60. INVENTORIED 1976. LOAN: CROSSROADS SEP 22 1988. ILLUS.: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG.41, P.42. 38871-RETURNED FROM LOAN, 6-25-91."
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=565 , retrieved 10-24-2021; see web page for additional information: Boots, Yup'ik. This pair of woman's winter boots was made from the leg skins of a caribou. Fur from the backs of the caribou's legs - which is usually in the best condition on a living animal - was used for the fronts of the boots. Bands of white caribou or reindeer fur encircle the tops, ornamented with stripes of brown beaver or bear fur and tassels of the same material. Caribou skin tassels, tufts of red yarn, and white hair decorate the legs. The soles of the boots are bearded seal hide.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Nushugak, Bristol Bay, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E38871-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Boot
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 51 cm