Snowshoes (Pair)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: PAIR OF SNOWSHOES MADE WITH A BENT WOOD FRAME WITH RAWHIDE (MUCH OF IT HAS FUR) NETTING. PUBLICATION: ILLUSTRATION IN USNM ANNUAL REPORT, 1894, FIG. 92, P. 408.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 92; P. 408." Identified in publication as "Columbia River, Washington."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies these as "Snow shoes worn by the natives of the interior of Northwestern America."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Coast (not certain) / Northwest Interior (not certain) / Columbia River (not certain), United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2728-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Snowshoe
physicalDescription: label: Length - A
content: 65 cm
label: Length - B
content: 67 cm
label: Width - A
content: 36.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 30.5 cm