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Catalog Number CAS 0005-0404   CAS 0005-0404; Mukluk start
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Mukluk start
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Seal skin
Description Front portion of a mukluk made from single piece of bleached and de-haired sealskin with two rows of deep creases coming together across vamp in chevron pattern and sewn together up the center; Back edge of sealskin is irregularly cut.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 8.7, Width = ca. 19.5, Length = 35.0