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Woman's coat; of skin
Object Number 69-30-10/2084
Display Title Woman's coat; of skin
Descriptions
Inventory Description Dress of leather, V-neck with collar, long sleeve, quill-wrapped fringe and red pigment design - below shoulders, center, and back, and along bottom edge, fringed at lower sides, stitched cuffs
Classification
  • Dress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northern Athapaskan
  • Kutchin
  • Nahani?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Additional Geographic Terms Northwestern Canada; Mount St. Elias, south of
Materials Leather , Quill , Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 133 × 90 × 0.3 cm (52 3/8 × 35 7/16 × 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2084
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1869
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (10/1867 - 07/1868)
Seller Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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