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Akimak

Title
Akimak
Contributor
Musée de la Civilisation (sharing)
Roger Wylde (description)
Creator
Patrick Maranda
Language
English
Subject
Snowshoes (Akimak)
Winter (Pibon)
Snow (Kôn)
Transportation
Crafts
Famille
Maranda
Description
Pair of foliate snowshoes. Outer frame in wood. Inside cut from 2 transverse wooden bars to which the skin straps forming the braid are attached. Fine sinew braiding at the ends, looser in the centre. Decorated with tufts of wool around the edges.

Men and women worked together to make snowshoes: the former made the wooden frame, the latter braided the interior. Just as the choice and preparation of the wood used for the barrel, the cutting and braiding of the skin strips required a great deal of technical know-how.

The decorations around the edges of the snowshoes, as well as their condition, indicate that they were intended for touring, not for hunting or logging.
Format
Object
Caractéristiques du format
Length: 76 cm ; Width: 33 cm ; Height: 3.5 cm
Matériaux
Sinew
Moose (Mos)
Wood (Mitik)
Wool
Mitik
Technique de fabrication
Carved
Braided
Arched
Date Created
1975
Actualité
Still in common use
Titre antérieur
Snowshoe [Musée de la Civilisation]
Title changed by the Anicinabemowin term.
Access Rights
Open access
License
Contact Minwashin
Date Modified
2024-10-02
Identifier
MdlC75-1170