Snow Shoes
Arts of the Americas
CULTURES
Chippewa (Anishinaabe) or Red River Metis
MEDIUM
Pigment, Stroud cloth, wood, fiber
DATES
early 19th century
DIMENSIONS
55 x 13 in. (139.7 x 33 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
50.67.159a-b
CREDIT LINE
Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1848, provenance not yet documented; by 1848, acquired by Nathan Sturges Jarvis; 1848, gift of Nathan Sturges Jarvis to the New-York Historical Society, New York, NY; 1937, loaned by the New-York Historical Society to the Brooklyn Museum; 1950, purchased from the New-York Historical Society by the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Wooden snow shoes constructed with upturned, pointed tips. They are decorated with both red paint as well as red Stroud cloth which has been added as small red squares along the edges and covering the edges of the center sections. The red cloth is also wrapped around the curved wooden members that make up the external structure of the snow shoe. At the center of each shoe's right and left side, hide thong is wrapped over the red cloth section to secure it.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Chippewa (Anishinaabe). Snow Shoes, early 19th century. Pigment, Stroud cloth, wood, fiber, 55 x 13 in. (139.7 x 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.159a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.67.159a-b_acetate_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 50.67.159a-b_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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