Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

2006.64.1.1

Pair of seal hide boots [.1-.2] with two wide thongs bound around the ankle and decorative stitching in ?sinew.

2006.64.1.1

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Pair of seal hide boots [.1-.2] with two wide thongs bound around the ankle and decorative stitching in ?sinew.
Cultural groups
Inuit (Greenland)
Inuit
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source William Downing Webster
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1895
Date collected
Before 1895
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1895 Found unentered: 25/04/2006
Materials and processes
Material Seal Skin Animal, Material Animal Sinew, Process Stitched, Process Twisted
Dimensions
Height: max 230 mm, Height: max 234 mm, Width: max 113 mm, Width: max 113 mm, Length: max 252 mm, Length: max 252 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2006.64.1.1 Accession number: 2006.64.1.2

Search terms: Clothing Footgear, Boot