Boots (1 Pair)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Dec 1949
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Copley Amory
label: Donor Name
content: Copley Amory
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Hide foot turned up all around and sewn to high upper of fur; fur lined; hide draw string at ankle."
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=709 , retrieved 7-17-2018: Boots. "Those are used for the spring, because they are made from seal. You can see seal skin on the top, and ugruk here [bearded seal, used for the soles]. I guess that is from a coastal village; in reindeer country you mostly use reindeer to make boots. The seal skin protects from snow and wet." - Nicolai Ettyne, Chuckchi culture bearer, 2005. These boots are made of ringed seal fur, with ankle ties of bleached leather. Grass pads and fur insulation were used inside for warmth. Skins are easier to work with in cold weather, so women sewed most footwear during the fall and winter.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Kolyma River, Siberia, Russia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chukchi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 185017
label: USNM Number
content: E387283-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Boot
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 30.5 cm