Snowshoes

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Culture/People: probably Gwich'in (Kutchin) (attributed); said to have been acquired from the Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source circa 1909.
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Place: Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Gwich'in (Kutchin); Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]; Transportation Items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/2669
Barcode: 022669.000

Object Type: Transportation Items
Indigenous Term: aih

Object Name: Snowshoes
Media/Materials: Wood, hide
Techniques: Painted

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66f1ccdb8-e619-4af4-b86d-5d740f054fce

Record ID: NMAI_23972