Snowshoe

Description

Snowshoe with network of moose and reindeer skin, one of pair, used by the European settlers on the north west shore of Hudson Bay: North America, Canada, Hudson Bay

Museum reference

A.282 A

Collection

Americas

Object name

Snowshoe

Production information

Hudson Bay, Canada, North America

Style / Culture

Athapaskan

Materials

Moose skin, Reindeer skin

Physical description

Network of moose and reindeer skin

Associations

Hudson's Bay Company

References

Idiens, Dale, A catalogue of Northern Athapaskan Indian artefacts in the collection of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum Information Series, Art and Archaeology 3, March 1979