Miniature Snowshoes

Miniature snowshoes were made as novelty goods – forms that had no utility in their own culture, but served as souvenirs of visits to Native communities or to summer resorts in the Northeast. Frames were made from wood, but babiche work was typically done with cotton string or embroidery floss, rather than in rawhide. Wool tufts commonly decorate the points where the selvage cord passes through the frame.