GUSN-223625
Wooden skates with steel blades that curl at tip; blades have eight holes and are painted red; sides and bottom of wooden platform painted blue; leather strap screwed to wood on either side of ball of foot; leather wraps behind the heel with holes at sides of ankle to thread and tie strap in front the ankle.
ice skates
wood (plant material)
leather
steel (alloy)
Skate, Ice
Unknown
3 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 8 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Museum Accession
1950.64AB
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