Child`s Spring Boots
Canadian Inuit, Central Arctic, Arctic
collected about 1938-1941
Fur and leather
Overall: 8 1/4 × 9 1/16 in. (21 × 23 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Mrs. A. Lincoln Washburn, Class of 1935W
174.2.25535
Geography/Culture
North America, Canada
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Footwear
Classification
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Dr. Albert Lincoln Washburn (1911-2007), Class of 1935, Professor of Geology (1953-1961), during his fieldwork (for his PhD dissertation at Yale University) on Victoria Island, Northwest Territories between 1938-1941; given to present collection by his wife, Barbara Tahoe Talbot Washburn (1911-2007), 1974.
Old Number
Loan 71-10
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