Sledge Shoe or Slider
Made of ivory with wood pegs

The two wood runners of an Inuit sledge are shoed with whale bone or ivory. Such ivory shoes are flat slabs, riveted to the runners with wood pegs. To reduce friction, the ivory shoes are covered with layers of ice that have been smoothed and polished with a snowknife and mitten.

From South Baffin Island or eastern Hudson Bay
Dating to 1910-1914
Robert J. Flaherty Collection
Gift of Sir William Mackenzie
HC1872