SNOWSHOES 



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are lashed together. At the heel the rim tapers backward to a point 

 and is held together by a rawhide lashing; the toe netting is replaced 

 by a cord passing from side to side and two other crosscords which 

 pass diagonally from near the point of the upturned toe to holes in 

 the front of the crossbar. The foot-rest is made of a strong cord of 

 rawhide passed through holes in the side of the frame and over the 



FIG. 64 Snowshoe from Cape Darby. 



front and rear of the crossbars, forming a pattern somewhat similar to 

 that in the shoes used on land. 



A roughly oval shoe from Icy cape (figure 65) is rudely made and 

 pointed at the heel. The spaces in front and behind the crossbars are 

 filled with fine netting of babiche, which is fastened through holes in 

 the rim. The foot-rest is made by rectangular netting fastened through 

 holes in the sides of the framework and over the front and rear cross 

 bars. These shoes are intermediate in character between those used 

 on land and the ones intended for service on sea ice. 



A short, stoutly made shoe from St Lawrence island (figure 60) has 

 the framework oblong in cross section, with the corners slightly 

 rounded and turned upward abruptly at the toe, the curve comrnenc- 



FIG. 65 Suowshoe from Icy cape. 



ing immediately in front of the first crossbar. The ends of the side- 

 pieces meet at the toe and are held firmly together by a lashing of 

 whalebone passed through holes. The rear crossbar is close to the 

 heel, which is held in position by the end of the cord used for the foot- 

 rest, which passes through a hole on one side, and, crossing the trian 

 gular space behind the last crossbar, is tied through a hole in the 



