Snowshoes

Name/Title

Snowshoes

Entry/Object ID

1974.8.2a-b

Description

Wood and rawhide snowshoes. The snowshoes have a bent wood frame in a teardrop shape with two crossbars across the wide portion. The center of the wide portion, between the crossbars, is woven with strips of rawhide. There is a purposeful woven hole at the center front.

Acquisition

Accession

1974.8

Source or Donor

Guare, Paul

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900

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)

Height

40 in

Width

11-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Rawhide, Metal