Dogsled
- Object Name:
- Dogsled
- Object ID:
- 2009.001.02
- Place of Origin:
- Rochester, NH
- Date:
- 1970-1980
- Description:
- Dogsled, racing 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". Handlebar wrapped with blue plastic tape. Wooden runners. Steel foot brake, two teeth, painted blue, on hinged wooden board, connected to frame with two steel coil springs. Black rubber foot treads. Blue nylon rope tied to front stanchions; carabiner inserted in loop.
- Material:
- Wood
Ash
Rawhide
Metal
Steel
Rubber - Dimensions:
- H-35.5 W-20.75 L-97 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Perry Greene Collection. erry 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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