Snowshoe
97-84-2117B
From: Canada | St. Regis
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-84-2117B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Iroquois |
| Provenience | Canada | St. Regis |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Locus | Near Saint Lawrence River |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Hide |
| Description | Frame made from a single piece of bent wood with an upturned front. Two cross bars across the middle. Front of snowshoe has fine hexagonal weave, netting made of sinew. The back has similar netting. Central portion has a large open weave. |
| Length | 106 cm |
| Width | 30.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-84-2117B - Old Museum Number | 18203 - ANSP Number | I 1149 - Gottschall Number |
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