Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the Bühner collection of the Boy's Missionary Society, Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York); presented by the Boy's Missionary Society to the Long Island Historical Society in 1898; 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
- probably Yup'ik (Yupik) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Boy's Missionary Society, Church of the Pilgrims
- 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 thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Laced
- Object Type
- Transportation Items
