Mediumwood, leather, twine
Dimensions[H]5 1/8" __[W]8 3/4" __[D] __[Dia]26 1/4" (each)
Object number00.200.361
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionTwo snowshoes consisting of two curved pieces of wood tied together with leather strapes to form an oval shape. Two smaller bars of wood span interior of shape at top and bottom. Leather strips are aligned across the interior of oval at intervals between one and two inches, to form a grid. At front of shoe, two exterior wood pieces curve upward together.On View
Not on view
Circa 1860
c. 1750
Circa 1880
