Snowshoe
93-1-2B
From: Alaska | Cook Inlet
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 93-1-2B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tanaina |
Provenience | Alaska | Cook Inlet |
Culture Area | Subarctic Culture Area |
Date Made | ca. 1920 |
Section | American |
Materials | Alder Wood | Rawhide | Cotton |
Description | Pair of oval wood frame snowshoes; V-shaped adaptation at back/pointed end for taller wearer; two wood crossbars; rawhide and fiber lashings. Adaptation made by Jack Fields, pre-1930. |
Credit Line | Gift of Frederica de Laguna, 1993 |
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