Pair of snow shoes
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Pair of snow shoes
A pair of snow shoes, part of a collection of ethnographical material made by Admiral Sir George Back (1796-1878). An Athapascan type of snowshoe, each frame made of two pieces of wood, pointed a each end (the toe ends turn up), with five crossbars. They have hexagonal woven netting and holes for the wearer's toes. The netting would be made of 'babiche' - thongs of moose or caribou hide. They most resemble an example, said to be Beaver Indian, Illustrated in 'Snowshoes' Daniel Sutherland Davidson (1937) p. 71. See AAA2647.1 and AAA2647.2 for records for the individual shoes. Back's collection was bequeathed to Greenwich Hospital in 1900 by Mrs Eliza Back, widow of Sir George's nephew - the Reverend Henry Back.
Original size: 205 mm x 1175 mm x 305 mm
- Image reference: L0246-001
- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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