Vintage Trapper Bear Paw Snowshoes Vintage Paddle Mountain decal is still visible

Mountain decal is still visible

The toe hole is double re-enforced - a classic Native American craft technique

Difficult Bank in Mid-air

Girls with old wood skis

There is also US Stamped on the metal footplate

Vintage Trapper Bear Paw Snowshoes Vintage Paddle Mountain decal is still visibleVintage Bear Paw Trapper Snowshoes Wood, Rawhide, Leather, Metal 26. 5"l x 15. 5"w Canada Vintage Winter This pair of vintage trapper bear paw snowshoes is either ready for a deep woods deep snow walk or ready for decorating the fireplace at the ski condo. Handmade by trappers the same way for many, many years. The wood (likely Ash) is harvested, then soaked and bent into the oval bearpaw snowshoe shape. Rawhide lacing is then woven (while wet) to