1886.1.746

Collection type

Object

Description

Sealskin shoe with a gathered upper and a sinew drawstring around the ankle.

Long description

Sealskin shoe with a gathered upper and a sinew drawstring around the ankle. The sole has two strips of sealskin stitched to it; one at the heel and the other towards the toe.

Geographical reference

United States of America

Northern America > North America > United States of America

Canada

Northern America > North America > Canada

Greenland (Autonomous Country of Denmark)

Northern America > North America > Greenland (Autonomous Country of Denmark)

Cultural groups

Inuit (Greenland)

Inuit

Person

Field collector HMS Griper

Field collector George Francis Lyon

PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Date / Period

Date made: On or before 1825?, uncertain

Date collected

?On or before 1825

Acquisition information

Transferred: 11/03/1886

Materials and processes

Material Seal Skin Animal, Material Animal Sinew, Process Stitched, Process Twisted, Process Tied

Dimensions

Width: max 119 mm, Length: max 258 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1886.1.746 Other numbers: 746

Research and responses

This object was examined by Jonathan King (MAA Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge). The visit took place 28/09/2015. [NC 23/11/2015]

It is not clear why there is an exclamation mark on the additional vellum volume entry [AP 27/5/99]

This shoe was studied by Rachel Hopkins, shoe maker, on 24 October 2014. Rachel agreed with the accession record that this shoe is similar to 1886.1.747 but not a pair to it. Rachel said the raised strips on the sole were sewn inside with invisible blind stitching but stitches visible on the sole. The stitches around the band are finely done. [MJD 24/10/2014]

Search terms: Clothing Footgear, Shoe