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Alaskan Style snowshoes

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Gwitch'in,
Ft. McPherson,
North West Territories
birch frames coloured with red clay
moose sinew
5 1/2 ft long by 13" wide
contemporary
  Koyukon,
Ruby, Alaska
birch frames
moose babiche in middle
paraffin coated nylon string in heel and toe
6 ft long by 11" wide
1999
         
Northern Tutchone,
Pelly Crossing, Yukon
birch frames coloured with red clay
caribou babiche
4 ft long by 12" wide
2000
  Gwitch'in,
Ft. McPherson, North West Territories
red coloured birch frames
artificial sinew in the toe and heel with
moose hock sinew in the midsection
contemporary

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