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Object Number 15-36-10/86550
Display Title Young man's breech clout with painted designs.
Descriptions
Object Description Young man's breech cloth with painted designs.
Inventory Description Breech cloth, rectangular, painted designs, two ties at one end.
Classification
  • Breechcloth
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Hide, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 68.8 x 25.7 x 0.2 cm (27 1/16 x 10 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86550
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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