Object Number | NA226.2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Eskimo |
Provenience | Siberia | East Cape |
Culture Area | Siberia |
Section | American |
Materials | Reindeer Skin |
Description | For men. One of a pair of skin boots. Panels of fur on the exterior, separated by dark brown leather strips with light brown leather. Woven designs with light green designs. Thick dark sole attached to boot, with decorative strip of dark and light brown leather in a checkerboard pattern. Twisted plant fiber cord at opening. |
Height | 43 cm |
Length | 27 cm |
Width | 9 cm |
Credit Line | Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905 |
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