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Snowshoes

Location where collectedWood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada

MediumWood, gut

ClassificationsTransportation Vehicles

Credit LineGift of Ogden B. Read

Object number1881.3.38

Descriptionwood frame snowshoes with interwoven strips connecting to the frame. 2 horizontal wood pieces divide the snowshoe into thirds.Space at top center with animal skin roping, possibly holding the shoe/foot? The sides of frame are circled with animal gut. Metal plates on the top and bottom surfaces covered in black dyed twine. Puncture marks along frame.

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