snowshoes

snowshoes

snowshoes

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snowshoes

Date Made or Date Range: 1700s to 1909
Materials

woodsinewpaint, redwoolen yarn, red

Dimensions: 65 × 5.3 × 0 cm
Condition: good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

The item was received by the MNAEF through an exchange with an unknown party, arranged by MNAEF director Prof. Enrico Giglioli, who died in 1909.

Current Location: Museo di Antropologia e Etnologia, Florence, Italy
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 884
Collection Narratives and Histories

The MNAEF acquired this item through an exchange with an unknown party, arranged by MNAEF director Prof. Enrico Giglioli. To obtain the snowshoes, Giglioli gave away several museum items (908, 909, 910), all of them monkey hair. "Avute dal Prof. Giglioli in cambio di crini di scimmie." (Catalogo cronologico del Museo nazionale d'Antropologia di Firenze, 1870).

GKS Reference Number: 25311
Record Creation Context

This record was created as part of a research project, funded by a Faculty Research Grant from the Canadian Embassy in Italy in August 2007, Emanuela Rossi.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Stacey Loyer helped with the translation for this record.

Approximate Place of Origin

45.7335, -82.1694

Source of Information about Places

The MNAEF record lists "Canada" as the item's provenance. The MNAEF catalogue (1870) states that the item comes from "High Canada" (Alto Canada').

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