model snowshoe

model snowshoe

model snowshoe

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Introduction

snowshoe, model

Nation of Origin

AnishinaabegHodenosaunee:

Materials

wood, sinew, red stroud, vermillion painy

Techniques or Format

see example from Edinburgh - same construction technique and I've forgotten the name.

Motifs and Patterns

painted, two horizontal bars in top and bottom design fields. Inner centre is pained red all over.

Other Notes

details of construction, material and motifs are true to full size versions

Condition: good
Current Location: Cuming Museum, London, UK
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: C08097
GKS Reference Number: 24702
Approximate Place of Origin

45.8, -83.9

Source of Information about Places

Great Lakes--