Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0005-0442A,B | |
| 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 | |