Title

Akimak

Creator

Ronald Chief

Subject

Anicinabe ocitowin (Arts and crafts)

Hunt

Contemporanéité

Related to an ongoing practice, as it was

Famille

Chief

Description

Pair of foliate snowshoes (akimak). Outer frame in wood. Inside cut from two slightly rounded crossbars, where the sinew straps that form the weave are attached. Rubber, fabric and rope straps.

Used by Ronald Chief for hunting.

Format

Object

Étendue

Length: 95.2 cm ; Width: 33 cm ; Height: 4 cm

Matériaux

Sinew

Wood (Mitik)

Rubber

Fabric (Papakiwanic)

Rope

Technique de fabrication

Carved

Braided

Arched

Date Created

1972

Titre antérieur

Source

https://collections.mcq.org/objets/10576

Contributor

Musée de la Civilisation (sharing)

Roger Wylde (description)

Date Modified

2025-03-31

Access Rights

Open access

License

Protected by copyrights

Identifier

MdlC75-1167

Transmission

Pibon, Pipon

Sigwan