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Object Number 88-51-10/50321
Display Title Robe, caribou skin
Descriptions
Object Description Deerskin robe
Inventory Description Robe, deerskin with fur on outside, fringed edges, tie at chest, red lines insid
Classification
  • Robe
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Kotzebue Sound
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Northwest Arctic Borough
Additional Geographic Terms Kotzebue Sound; Putnam River/Kobuk River
Materials Caribou hide
Dimensions Overall: 135 x 105 cm (53 1/8 x 41 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50321
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (before 1888)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (01/01/1888)
Intermediary Spencer Fullerton Baird (04/01/1887-12/31/1888)
Intermediary Otis Tufton Mason (04/01/1887-12/31/1888)
Intermediary George Brown Goode (04/01/1887-12/31/1888)
Intermediary Samuel Peirpoint Langley (04/01/1887-12/31/1888)

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