One of a pair of sinew-strung snowshoes. With a wooden racket-shaped frame with dark blue pompoms decorating the outside edge. See 1966.1.1322 .2 for the other in the pair. [AB [OPS move] 29/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: One of a pair of sinew-strung snowshoes. With a wooden racket-shaped frame with dark blue pompoms decorating the outside edge. See 1966.1.1322 .2 for the other in the pair. [AB [OPS move] 29/8/2017]
Long description: One of a pair of sinew-strung snowshoes. Long racket shaped snowshoes the ends of the wooden frame nailed together to form a trailer behind. Two wooden crosspieces divide the shoe so that the middle is by far the largest part where the netting is stronger. The weaving ceases before reaching the crosspieces and a space is left at the top for the toe where there is a thong loop. There are dark blue textile pompoms decorating the frame. [AB [OPS move] 29/8/2017]
Geographical reference: Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada
Cultural groups: Ojibwe
Person: Field collector Hurry (Ipswich); PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1934
Date collected: By 1934
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Sinew, Material Animal Hair Yarn, Material Textile, Process Carved, Process Woven, Process Bent, Process Riveted
Dimensions: Length: max 758 mm, Depth: max 28 mm, Width: max 230 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.1322.1 Other numbers: R1934.83