Dogsled
- Object Name:
- Dogsled
- Object ID:
- 2009.001.01
- Place of Origin:
- Rochester, NH
- Date:
- 1970-1980
- Description:
- Dogsled, trail model, made by Edward L. Moody (1911-1994), Rochester, NH, 1970s. Ash frame with rawhide lacing. Curved brush bow in front. Front cross slat is stamped on top surface, "HANDCRAFTED BY / ED MOODY". Rawhide-wrapped handlebar. Wooden runners painted blue, clad with steel on bottom. Steel foot brake, three teeth, painted blue, on hinged wooden board, connected to frame with two steel coil s prings.Black rubber foot treads. Hemp rope tied to bed.
- Material:
- Wood
Ash
Rawhide
Metal
Steel
Rubber - Dimensions:
- H-37 W-23 L-104 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Perry Greene Collection. Perry Greene was a successor to Arthur Walden, becoming owner of the Chinook Kennel in 1940 and moving it to Maine. The donors are the current owners of the Perry Greene Kennel.
Ed Moody learned dogsledding from Arthur Walden and was a driver on Richard Byrd's second Antarctic Expedition in 1933-35. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Rick Skoglund and Martha Kalina
- People:
- Moody, Edward L. (1911-1994)
- Subjects:
- Dogsledding, Dogsled racing, Dog mushing
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