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Collection: Warnock
Item Number: WC0409001
Category: Snowshoes
Region: Subarctic
Tribe: Montagnais-Naskapi
Period: 1850-1875
Materials: Wood; babiche (rawhide)
Description: Child's size snowshoes of oval shape with bent wood frame and rawhide lacing. Wooden pegs are used to attach the bent wood frame. A scaled down version of the adult form; intended for the tourist market.
Dimensions: Length 13.75 inches 35 cm; Width 10.25 inches 26.2 cm.
Provenance:
Alan Silberberg, Littleton, Massachusetts
Susan Nagy
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