Culture/People:

probably Copper Inuit (attributed)  Search this

Presenter/funding source:

Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935  Search this

Object Name:

Man's boots

Media/Materials:

Hide, fur, hide thong/babiche

Techniques:

Appliquéd

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Place:

Banks Island; Inuvialuit Settlement Region; Northwest Territories; Canada

Archipelago:

Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Island Name:

Banks Island

Island Grouping:

South Canadian Arctic Islands

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1919 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.

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Catalog Number:

9/2602

Barcode:

092602.000

See related items:

Copper Inuit

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c4d73479-819d-481c-9480-a5ec31ffe6e9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_99729