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Object Number
15-36-10/86522
Display Title
Woman's caribou skin dress (2 pieces). Fastens at neck with thongs. Fringed.
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's caribou skin dress (2 pieces). Fastens at neck with thongs. Fringed.
Inventory Description
Dress, leather with fringe, glass bead, porcupine quill, dentilium, yarn.
Classification
- Dress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1915
Culture
- Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Materials
Leather, Glass, Pigment, Porcupine quill
Dimensions
Overall: 124 x 114 cm (48 13/16 x 44 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
86522
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller
James A. Teit
(?)
Collector
James A. Teit
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