Snowshoe pictureSnowshoes: A Gift From Gluskabe - Maine Indian Snowshoes
Introduction
Maine Indian Snowshoes
Northeastern Snowshoes
Franco-American Snowshoes
Contemporary Snowshoes
Miniature Snowshoes
Exhibit Credits

Penobscot or Passamaquoddy Snowshoe
c. 1900

The babiche work is done with cotton twine instead of rawhide and then sealed with red paint. The extremely narrow toe holes suggest that this shoe was designed for a child.

Loaned by Kim and Brenda Cartwright

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