snow shoes

snow shoes

snow shoes

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Introduction

Pair of beavertail style snowshoes. Frame in wood, mesh in tendon. Three red marks painted from rim onto mesh on each side

Name of Maker(s): Unknown maker
Nation of Maker: Other
Nation of Origin

Possibly Innu / Montagnais / Naskapi

Date Made or Date Range: Prior ro 1930
Materials

wood, tendon, red pigment

Motifs and Patterns

markings in red pigment

Condition: good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

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Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: ABDUA:5721
Link to Institution's Collections Database: ABDUA:5721 CALMView
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1930
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Dr John McPherson
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: Likely between 1925 and 1930
Previous Collectors: Dr John McPherson
Collection Narratives and Histories

McPherson worked in Mexico as a doctor in Mexico until 1925, when he relocated to 24 Green St)Halifax ,Nova Scotia due to a breakdown in his health. In 1930 he returned to Mexico, though his wife remained in Halifax. He visited Aberdeen in April of 1930 with several smaller packages of objects, and promised that several large cases were forthcoming.

GKS Reference Number: 59102
How to Cite this Item

“Snowshoes, pair”, catalogue number ABDUA:5721 in the University of Aberdeen Museums and Special Collections, is licenced under CC By 4.0.

Record Creation Context

Created as part of the Caring and Sharing project 2020-2022

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

Source of Information about Places

Possibly Innu / Montagnais / Naskapi - based on style