Snowshoes

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Snowshoes

Entry/Object ID

2005.18a-b

Description

Pair of bentwood and rawhide snowshoes. There are two crossbeams, one near the toe and one near the heel. Rawhide is woven between the outer frame and crossbeams in a 6-pointed stair pattern, with a square hole left at the center beneath the crossbeam at the toe. There are leather straps for holding onto the wearer's foot attached to the edge of the square hole. The cross brace of each shoe is stamped with the label, "BOUTIN SNOWSHOES ARMAND BOUTIN, JR. WILLIAMSTOWN, VERMONT."

Context

Made by Boutin Snowshoes in Williamstown, Vermont. Used by Michael Sherman of Montpelier, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

2005.18

Source or Donor

Sherman, Michael

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Boutin, Armand Paul, Jr. (b. 1948)

Manufacturer

Boutin Snowshoes

Date made

1996

Place

Town

Williamstown

County

Orange County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Snowshoe

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Human-Powered Vehicles

Nomenclature Class

Land Transportation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall (each)

Width

10-1/2 in

Depth

5 in

Length

42 in

Material

Wood, Leather, Rawhide

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sherman, Michael

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