Culture/People:

Iñupiaq  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Nome Skin Sewers Cooperative Association  Search this

IACB source:

Nome Skin Sewers Cooperative Association  Search this

Previous owner:

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-  Search this

Object Name:

Mukluks

Media/Materials:

Caribou hide/skin, cowhide (calf), bearded seal/ugruk hide/skin, wool felt, wool yarn

Techniques:

Sewn

Dimensions:

25.6 x 9.8 x 23.2 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Place:

Nome; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Date created:

circa 1950

Collection History:

Produced by Nome Skin Sewers Cooperative (Nome, Alaska) and purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives before 1951 from an unknown source; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

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Catalog Number:

25/5337

Barcode:

255337.000

See related items:

Iñupiaq

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62dabab6e-2805-499e-af3a-d1c7cea80274

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_271202