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Catalog Number

CAS 0005-0442A,B   CAS 0005-0442A,B; Mukluks
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 ca. 1930
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Seal skin; Sinew
Description Pair of adult man's high-topped mukluks with one piece soles creased around toes and heels; Upper portion of boot made of triangular piece of sealskin (with hair removed) covering front part of foot and larger piece comprising legging, sewn up the front (boot and legging on one mukluk is made of several skin fragments pieced together); Bleached sealskin band with drawstring lacing frames leg opening; Bleached sealskin laces sewn to small tabs and threaded through loops attached at sides of soles.
Dimensions (cm) Height = ca. 46.0, Width = 11.0, Length = 30.0