Snowshoe

Description

Snowshoe with elliptical wooden frame, two wooden cross bars, and interstices filled with rawhide network painted red and black: North America, Canada, Athapaskan, from the Mackenzie River District

Museum reference

A.1956.676 A

Collection

Americas

Object name

Snowshoe

Production information

Mackenzie River District, Canada, North America

Style / Culture

Athapaskan

Materials

Wood, Wood, Rawhide

Physical description

Wooden frame and cross bars, interstices filled with rawhide network painted red and black

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