model pair of snowshoes

model pair of snowshoes

model pair of snowshoes

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Introduction

Model pair of snowshoes made of wood, blue yarn, green and pink thread, sinew, and yellow cotton cloth. The wood is bent and the thread is netted, with the bottom of the snowshoe bound with thread. Collected by Samson C. J. U. Philippine, this item is now housed at the Weltmuseum Wien in Vienna, Austria.

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

GRASAC research notes created during an onsite visit to Weltmuseum in January of 2016.

Materials

Wood, blue yarn, green and pink thread, yellow cotton cloth, sinew

Techniques or Format

Wood is bent, thread is netted, bottom of snowshoe bound with thread.

Dimensions: 12 × 5 × 0 cm
Condition: Good.
Current Location: Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 083932
Previous Collectors: Samson C. J. U. Philippine
GKS Reference Number: 59085
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, model snowshoes. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 83932. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 59085.

Record Creation Context

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.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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