Snowshoe
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WOODEN FRAME/PAIR
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0835.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN FRAME/ LEATHER TOE HOLDS/ COTTON STRAPS/ SINEW & LEATHER PLATFORM/ METAL NAILS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 55.0 cm
- Width
- 30.5 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Transportation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF SNOWSHOES MADE FROM NATURAL MATERIAL - Function
-
USED TO DISTRUBUTE THE WEIGHT OF A PERSON IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ENABLE THE PERSON TO WALK OVER DEEP SNOW WITHOUT SINKING - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF MANKINDS' INVENTIVENESS IN OVERCOMING HIS LIMITATIONS WHEN CONFRONTED BY NATURE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- From CA of 08/21/1997 by Carrie Misener: No - Complete
- Finish
- Wooden frame with leather toe holds and cotton straps; sinew and leather platform; metal nails.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Snowshoe, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.0835, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0835.002/
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