Snowshoe
59-13-1B
From: Canada | Quebec | Lorette (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 59-13-1B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Huron (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Canada | Quebec | Lorette (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ash Wood | Rawhide (uncertain) | Wool | Metal |
| Description | One-piece frame of brown ash with pointed heel, bent toe and two crossbars. Babiche netting (hexagonal weave). Larger in foot area. Toe-hole. Filling attached to frame by wrapping in foot section, by selvedge thong in toe and heel areas. Fragments of wool pompoms caught in selvedge thongs. Two commercial rivots securing each heel. |
| Length | 10.3 cm |
| Width | 32 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Anonymous Donor, 1959 |
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