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Snowshoe

Object Name:
Snowshoe
Object ID:
1913.014 a-b
Date:
1776
Description:
Snowshoes. Pair. Bent wooden frame, short beaver-tail style, rawhide webbing and bindings. Remnants of red wool tufts on edges.
Material:
Wood
Tissue
Dimensions:
W-13 L-31.5 D-1 inches
Provenance:
Letter to NHHS from James M. Little, the donor's father: "I have in my possession a pair of Indian made snowshoes, which my grandfather, Lieut George Little, of Goffstown, N.H., wore in the winter campaign, of the Revolutionary War, when he was serving under Gen'l Stark."
Credit Line:
Gift of James H. Little
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