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Object Number
88-51-10/50503
Display Title
Marmot skin robe
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fur blanket, fringed design, made from rectangular pieces.
Classification
- Blanket
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Northern Athapascan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Sitka Borough
/
Sitka
Materials
Hide, Fur
Dimensions
Overall: 4 x 143 x 160 cm (1 9/16 x 56 5/16 x 63 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-10/50503
Credit Line
Exchange with the Smithsonian Institution, 1888
Provenance
Collector
James G. Swan
(1876)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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