Ojibwe snowshoes

Titles: Ojibwe snowshoes (Supplied title)

Description: Pair of flat, oblong snowshoes with tails, wood frames and three sections of webbing. The webbing on the two ends are made of tan string tied to rawhide strips at edges and laced through holes in the frame. The center webbing sections, under the foot, are made of rawhide strips with some reddish-brown hair intact. The strips are wrapped around the frame and covered with worn blue and tan striped cloth.

Dates

• Not later than 1959 (Creation)

Creation

• collected by: Ayer, Harry Darius
• collected by: Ayer, Jeannette Ora Foster

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 10000.356.A,B

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, The Harry and Jeannette Ayer Collection.

Notes

• Jeannette O. and Harry D. Ayer Ojibwe Collection.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 pair items

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 59 61/64 inches length (A)
• 16 21/32 inches width (A)
• 59 61/64 inches length (B)
• 16 21/32 inches width (B)

Subjects

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