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Place of Origin:
Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range:
/1912
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Materials
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Other Notes
Pair, frame made of single unpeeled sapling, bent in rounded curve at toe, end joined at heel and lashed with bark. Webbing is of same bark, in rectangular weave, ends wrapped around frame and knotted. There is a rectangular toe space, and bark ties for attachment around foot.;;
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
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Provenance
Current Location:
Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
III-I-743 a,b
Collection Narratives and Histories
1912/08/, Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Canada, (Waugh) Stick snowshoes netted with bark. (shipped by F.H.S. Knowles)
Sources to Learn More
Davidson D.S., "Snowshoes", MEMOIRS, American Philosophical Society, Vol. VI, 1937, p. 53.
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26727
Approximate Place of Origin