Child's Summer Boots
Labrador Inuit (Labradormiut), Eastern Arctic, Arctic
collected 1929-1930
Seal skin and sinew
Overall: 6 1/4 × 1 7/8 × 4 15/16 in. (15.8 × 4.8 × 12.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Robert O. Fernald, Class of 1936
158.25.14217
Geography/Culture
North America, Canada
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Footwear
Classification
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Exhibition History
Tradition and Transformation: Twentieth Century Inuit Art from the Collection of the Hood Museum of Art, Gene Y. Kin Class of 1985 Gallery, Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 22, 2014-December 6, 2015.
Arctic Hot Spot, Hopkins Center Display Case, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 11, 1974.
Provenance
Collected by Dr. Adelbert W. Fernald (1871-1958) on the 1929 and 1930 MacMillan Expeditions to Baffin Island and Labrador, given to his son Robert Osborn Fernald (1914-2003, Class of 1936), Punta Gorda, Florida; given to present collection, 1958.
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