Boots, Mukluks
Title |
Boots, Mukluks |
Creator |
Brown, Mabel |
Collection Name |
Ethnology |
Identifier |
UA97-028-0001AB |
Description |
Caribou fur and wolf mukluk and leggings. Length 89 cm., Soles and sides of boot are composed of caribou with fur towards the inside. Lower legs are caribou with fur towards the outside. Upper legs and leggings are wolf with fur towards the outside. Along the top of the leggings is trimmed caribou with fur towards the outside. Blue (denim-like) textile is sewn around the leg opening with a red and black chord throughout, used to tighten the leg legging. A has one pom-pom, and B has two pom-poms. Bottom of boots have hide straps, back of which are dyed reddish .
*Mabel Brown is the wife of Harry Brown, a trader in the Kobuk region. They have a daughter named May Brown. |
Subject.Local |
Ethnotechnology |
Region |
Northern Alaska |
Time Period |
1939 to 1959 |
Date.original |
1945 |
Type |
Image (Photographs) Physical Object |
Ordering and Use |
Terms of Copyright and Use: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/vilda-rights/ |
Holding Institution |
UA Museum of the North, P.O. Box 756960, 907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6960 mailto:UA-museumlearn@alaska.edu |
Rating |
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