model pair of snowshoes
model pair of snowshoes
model pair of snowshoes
This model pair of snowshoes is of wood splint, red yarn, and thread. The wood is bent and the thread is netted, with remnants of red pigment left on the netting. Collected by Samson C. J. U. Philippine, this item is now housed at the Weltmuseum Wien in Vienna, Austria.
GRASAC research notes created during an onsite visit to Weltmuseum in January of 2016.
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Wood splint, red yarn, thread
Wood is bent, thread is netted. The wood used to be bound at base of hoop; netting has remnant of red pigment on it.
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About This GRASAC Record
Unknown artist, model snowshoes. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 83931. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 59084.
In January of 2016, a small team of GRASAC researchers visited the collection to study and photograph it: Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake). This GKS record was created in January of 2022 by GRASAC RA Aidan Mitchell-Boudreau.