Snowshoes (1 Pair)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: 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=137 , retrieved 7-17-2018: Snowshoes. Snowshoe frames were carved from driftwood or small tundra trees, and leather thong for the netting came from bearded seals or reindeer. Short, rugged shoes like these, called "crow's feet," were best for uneven ground or ice. As an alternative, the Chukchi and eastern Siberian peoples used skis with reindeer leg skins on the bottom. The hair pointed backwards so the skier could get purchase on the snow going uphill, yet still slide along easily when going downhill or on level ground.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Cape Wankarem (Cape Vankarem), Siberia, Russia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 82A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E63603-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Snowshoe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 54 cm