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Object Number 04-43-10/64025
Display Title Shaman's skirt
Descriptions
Object Description Shaman's skirt; fringed triangular skirt of hide, decorated with painted motifs. Bone charm attached to center front.
Inventory Description Skirt, skin, fringed, black pigmented zoo- morphic face, hoof tinklers, bone pen
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Dimensions Overall: 95 x 53 x 1.4 cm (37 3/8 x 20 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 04-43-10/64025
Provenance
Collector Prof. Charles C. Willoughby (1904)
Donor Prof. Charles C. Willoughby (1904)

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