Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
Accession Date:
1863
Notes:
FROM CARD: "*IDENTIFIED AS "HARE" BY CORNELIUS OSGOOD, SEPT. 1970, SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF INDEX ENTRY "FORT GOOD HOPE, R. KENNICOTT." RATHER SMALL SIZE. SQUARE FRAME, POINTED AT EACH END AND CURVED UP IN FRONT. NETTING OF FINE LINE CUT FROM PREPARED DEERSKINS, CALLED BABICHE; THAT UNDER FOOT IS COARSE AND STRONG AND WRAPPED AROUND FRAMES, THE REST IS FINER AND CLOSER AND IS WOVE THROUGH FRAME. L. 36 INCHES, GREATEST BREADTH, 8 3/4:. #861: SQUARE FRAME, POINTED AT EACH END AND CURVED UP IN FRONT. NETTING OF FINE LINE CUT FROM PREPARED DEERSKINS, CALLED BABICHE; THAT UNDER FOOT IS COARSE AND STRONG AND WRAPPED AROUND FRAMES, THE REST IS FINER AND CLOSER AND IS WOVE THROUGH FRAME. L. 36 INCHES, G. B. 8 3/4". "
Provenience note: Ledger book identifies as from the "Indians of Ft. Good Hope", but also says "snow shoes of Slave Indians of Mackenzie River."