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This series of seven photographs shows a traditional Algonquin method for constructing snowshoes. Wood, either yellow birch or ash, is bent and then strung with babiche--stretched moosehide. The lightweight apparatus then is varnished for protection from moisture. A finished pair can be viewed here.
Here we see the complex process of stringing demonstrated by unidentified woman, perhaps Helene (Lena) Nottaway. She and others from the the community of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake at Rapid Lake, Quebec, migrated annually to Western New York fur farms. Their skills were valued by operations like the Bennett Farm and Saxby Farm, both located in East Bloomfield.
The photographs have been taped together in a kind of cascade, probably for the purposes of an exhibition. The pdf file here simulates that form.
Here we see the complex process of stringing demonstrated by unidentified woman, perhaps Helene (Lena) Nottaway. She and others from the the community of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake at Rapid Lake, Quebec, migrated annually to Western New York fur farms. Their skills were valued by operations like the Bennett Farm and Saxby Farm, both located in East Bloomfield.
The photographs have been taped together in a kind of cascade, probably for the purposes of an exhibition. The pdf file here simulates that form.
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Seven attached photographs
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6 x 4 in.