Child's Snowshoes
Lazare Wawanolett, Abenaki / Canadian, 1835 - 1884
Abenaki
Wabanaki
First Nation
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
Dr. Gordon M. Day
1860
Ash and birch wood, rawhide and wool yarn
Overall: 29 1/2 × 9 1/16 in. (75 × 23 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
159.28.14451
Geography
Place Made: Odanak ( Abenaki First Nations Reserve), Canada, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Snow and Ice
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Exhibition History
Vermont's Ethnic Heritage 1791-1991, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont, April 23 - August 15, 1991.
Provenance
Lazare Wawanolett (1835-1902); to his son, Elie Wawanolett (1866-1937), to his daughter, M.Aurore-Agnes Wawanolett (1889-?), St. Francis, Quebec; sold to Dr. Gordon M. Day (1911-1993, Research Associate, Anthropology Department, 1957-1966) for the Dartmouth College Museum, 1959.
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