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\n

Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Penobscot or Passamaquoddy Snowshoes,
\nc. 1900<\/a>
\nLoaned by Kim and Brenda Cartwright<\/em>
\n2.\u00a0Maine-Style Snowshoes, c. 1900<\/a>
\nLoaned by Kim and Brenda Cartwright
\n<\/em>3.\u00a0Penobscot Racing Snowshoes, c. 1900<\/a>
\nLoaned by Kim and Brenda Cartwright
\n<\/em>4.\u00a0Maine-Style Snowshoes, 19th Century<\/a>
\nLoaned by Kim and Brenda Cartwright
\n<\/em>5.\u00a0A. M. “Mellie” Dunham Snowshoes, 1909<\/a>
\nLoaned by the Maine State Museum
\n<\/em>6.\u00a0Penobscot Square-toed Snowshoes, 19th
\nCentury<\/a>
\nLoaned by the Abbe Museum
\n<\/em>7.\u00a0Passamaquoddy Snowshoes, c. 1900<\/a>
\nLoaned by the Maine State Museum
\n<\/em>8.\u00a0Maliseet Snowshoes, 1872<\/a>
\nLoaned by the Peabody Museum of
\nArchaeology and Ethnology, Harvard<\/em>
\n9.\u00a0Penobscot Snowshoes, 19th Century<\/a>
\nLoaned by the Abbe Museum<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Nicholas
Nicholas Sockabasin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Passamaquoddy Representative to the
\nLegislature, 1907, Maine Historical Society,
\nImage Number 7195<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Anthropologist Frank Speck and amateur ethnographer Fannie Hardy Eckstorm documented Penobscot snowshoe-making in the early 1900s. Both noted that Wabanaki snowshoes were about three times as long as they were wide, with tails of five or more inches. Toes could be square or round but, unlike other sub Arctic snowshoe styles, the toes were never turned up. Nor were pairs made with lefts or rights.<\/p>\n

Wabanaki artisans made snowshoes not only for their own use for winter hunting and gathering, but to meet the needs of sportsmen, lumbermen and recreational snowshoers. Indian agents, such as George Hunt in Old Town supplied sporting goods stores throughout New England and outdoor enthusiasts with Penobscot snowshoes in a variety of sizes and grades, ranging from coarse to fine.<\/p>\n

Maine was the center of snowshoe production from the 1850s to the 1940s and Wabanaki snowshoes were renowned for their superb craftsmanship and durability. Snowshoes were made not only by Wabanaki artisans, but by non-natives, who borrowed traditional Native American designs and construction techniques. Best known among this group were A. M. “Mellie” Dunham and W.F. Tubbs of Norway, Maine. Unlike their Native American counterparts, their shoes did not have reinforced harness holes and toe holes – attributes of a Native American crafted snowshoe.<\/p>\n

“Nov. 26, 1904<\/em><\/p>\n

Mr. M. L. Fernald
\nCambridge, Mass.<\/p>\n

Dear Sir:
\nWe have not been able to get any Caribou Hides for a long time, and have no Snowshoes made from such stock. The best we could do, would be to use heavy fall Buck Hide, which is secod only to Caribou and better than a thin Caribou Hide. If desired, we could get you the four pairs with strong frames, and we think they would prove satisfactory. For a man weighing 190 lbs., we would say that a 15 x 48 in. Shoe would be about the right size, while a 14 x 46 in. would be large enough for a person weighting 140 or 150 lbs. and perhaps one of 160 lbs. weight. We enclose our price list.<\/p>\n

Yours truly
\nHunt & Stowe
\nOld Town, Maine”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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