Museum catalogue: Arctic Material Culture Collection
Boot
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Accession no.: | Y: 2019/61a | ||||||
Title: | Boot | ||||||
Description: | Leather baby's boots with leather thong fastenings and decorative dyed leather around the top. Collected by Episcopal missionary Augustus Reginald Hoare in Point Hope, Alaska, between 1908 and 1920. | ||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||
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Left hand boot of a pair of babies' boots made from dark brown leather with lighter brown leather soles and crossed thong fastenings. Decorative black and red dyed leatherwork in a linear pattern around the tops of the boots. The leather has been gathered at the toe and heel where the soles meet the main body of the boots. The boots are attached with a leather thong to form a pair. |
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