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Snowshoes

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Collection Type

  • Transportation

Date

1750-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2572

Description

Early hand-made snowshoes.

Details

Descriptive Terms

snowshoes
wood (plant material)
handmade
leather
recreation
travel
winter
Wood
Leather
Handmade
Winter
Travel
Recreation
Snowshoe

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1991.763A,B

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

32 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.763AB

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