Title	Snowshoe, Horse
Creator	Pingelo, Sammy
Collection Name	Ethnology
Identifier	UA63-025-0001
Description	Horse snowshoe made from wood in an oval shape. 14" long x 10.5" wide. Wood is approx. 1" thick. It has a metal strap over the top connected by bolts . Acc. to file: "On April 27, 1967, Keith Koontz came in and gave us more information on the horse snowshoe. The horse snowshoe we have is for the left rear foot. Mr. Pingelo designed and made these shoes for the horses he drove from Beaver to Wiseman, to haul freight for the miners. The horses got used to the shoes rather quickly. He drove double-ended sleds called (double-enders), and wagons in the summertime. He was a natural mechanic. People with boat motors in need of repair brought them to Mr. Pingelo to repair. He came from the coast and settled in Beaver. He was a good story teller. The three holes in the showshoe were to fit over the horse shoe nails in the horse's shoe. Mr. Pingelo is now deceased."
Location	Beaver (Alaska)
Region	Northern Alaska
Time Period	1913 to 1939
Date.original	1920
Type	Image (Photographs) Physical Object
Ordering and Use	Terms of Copyright and Use: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/molinet/copyright.html
Holding Institution	UA Museum of the North, P.O. Box 756960, 907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6960 mailto:UA-museumlearn@alaska.edu
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Snowshoe, Horse

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