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Snowshoe

Description

Snowshoe with birch frame and babiche lacing: North America, Canada, Athapaskan

Museum reference

A.848.9 A

Collection

Americas

Object name

Snowshoe

Production information

Canada, North America

Style / Culture

Athapaskan

Materials

Birch, Babiche

Physical description

Birch frame; babiche lacing

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

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Specimen / extraction / copper / sample / chalcocite / malachite Specimen / extraction / copper / sample / chalcocite / malachite

One of a group of copper ores and other specimens illustrating the extraction of the metal - a sample of chalcocite and malachite from surface workings at Fairplay Mine

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