Title

Akimak

Creator

Lena Nottaway

Subject

Anicinabe ocitowin (Arts and crafts)

Transportation

Akimak (Snowshoes)

Famille

Nottaway

Description

Pair of foliated snowshoes (akimak). Outter frame in wood. Inside cut from two slightly rounded transverse wooden bars to which skin straps are attached to form the braid. Fine sinew braiding at the ends, looser in the centre. Fastening straps made of leather, fabric and rubber bands.

Men and women worked together to make snowshoes: the former made the wooden frame, the latter braided the interior. The braiding in the centre of the snowshoe had to be extremely strong to support the weight of a person.

The choice and preparation of the wood used for the shaft, as well as the cutting and braiding of the skin strips, required a great deal of technical know-how.

Format

Object

Étendue

Length: 94 cm ; Width: 37.5 cm

Matériaux

Sinew

Moose (Mos)

Wood (Mitik)

Fabric (Papakiwanic)

Technique de fabrication

Carved

Braided

Arched

Titre antérieur

Snowshoe [Musée de la Civilisation]
Title changed by the Anicinabemowin term.

Source

https://collections.mcq.org/objets/10578

Contributor

Musée de la Civilisation (sharing)

Date Modified

2025-03-07

Access Rights

Open access

License

Protected by copyrights

Identifier

MdlC75-1169

Transmission

Pibon, Pipon

Sigwan