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Snowshoes for dogs

before 1878

MARKK

MARKK
Hamburg, Germany

Leather snowshoes of this type were put on the feet of sled dogs to protect their paws on ice-encrusted routes. This pair was included in an ethnological exposition held in 1877/1878 by the Hagenbeck company. The participants in the exposition were recruited in West Greenland.

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  • Title: Snowshoes for dogs
  • Date Created: before 1878
  • Type: Clothing
  • Publisher: Museum of Ethnology Hamburg
  • Rights: Museum of Ethnology Hamburg | Photo: Paul Schimweg
  • External Link: Homepage Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg
  • Medium: sealskin
  • on display: not on view
  • Date of Acquisition: 1878
  • Context of Origin: Kalaallit – Western Greenland
  • Collection: Coll. Hagenbeck
MARKK

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