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Object Number
54-10-10/34446
Display Title
Coat of skin, adorned with numerous deer claws
Descriptions
Object Description
Coat of skin (Peacemaker shirt), adorned with numerous deer claws; dew claw jinglers lashed in rows with buckskin ties suggest this garment to have been used in dances. Each row marked with a red line. One side seam and other left open and provided with buckskin fastenings. Three ornamental sets of buckskin ties on seamed side. Black tail deer hooves.
Inventory Description
Hide dress, red painted stripes, covered in hooves on ties
Classification
- Dress
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Alaska
Dimensions
Overall: 103 x 56 cm (40 9/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
54-10-10/34446
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast
(1868)
Donor
Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast
(February, 1954)
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