Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection Dr. W.G. Hunt (1804-1892, a physician in Brooklyn, New York); presented by him to the Long Island Historical Society in 1885; lent to MAI by the Long Island Historical Society in 1920; donated to NMAI by the Brooklyn Historical Society in 2020.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)
- Previous owner
- Dr. W. G. Hunt (Wilson G. Hunt), Non-Indian, 1804-1892
- Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
- Donor
- Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
- Object Name
- Snowshoes
- Media/Materials
- Wood, hide
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Transportation Items
