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1886.1.747

Sealskin shoe with a gathered upper and sinew drawstring around the ankle. [SM (Verve) 25/03/2014]

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1886.1.747

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sealskin shoe with a gathered upper and sinew drawstring around the ankle. [SM (Verve) 25/03/2014]
Long description
Sealskin shoe with a gathered upper and plaited sinew drawstring around the ankle. The shoe has a band of darker coloured ?seal fur skin stitched around the ankle section. The sole has four strips of ?seal fur skin stitched to it. Two at the heel and two towards the toe. [SM (Verve) 25/03/2014]
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, Material Animal Fur Skin, Process Stitched, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Length: max 232 mm, Width: max 114 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.747 Other numbers: 747
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]

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 1886.1.746 but not a pair to it. Rachel said the sole was made of skin and the darker coloured skin is a piece of fur. The four strips on the sole are fur. The hair faced towards the heel - providing grip on snow. The strips are sewn on to the sole with invisible blind stitching. [MJD 24/10/2014]

Search terms: Clothing Footgear, Shoe

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