| Catalog Number |
CAS 0005-0438A,B |
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| Category |
Bead & Leatherwork |
| Object Name |
Mukluks |
| Culture |
North Alaskan Eskimo |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
Alaska |
| County |
unknown |
| Other Geographic
Data |
Northwest Alaska |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
early to mid 1900s |
| Collection Name |
Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) |
| Materials |
Seal skin; Sinew; Dye |
| Description |
Pair of adult high-topped mukluks with single piece sole creased at toes and heels; Upper part of boot and leggings made of triangular piece covering front of foot and second larger piece covering heel and leg and sewn up the back; Entire upper has hair side of skin on outside; Leg opening trimmed in dyed (red) skin band and bleached skin band with drawstring skin laces; Wide skin laces sewn to sides of mukluk and threaded through loops near heel. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = ca. 47.0, Width = 9.2, Length = 28.3 |