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Cradle Cradle

Cradle of leather on a three-sided framework of wooden rods with two carrying-straps of twisted thong, ornamented with cowrie shells: Yemen, Sheikh Othman, Bedouin, 1929

Moccasin Moccasin

Moccasin of tanned moose skin, with tanned caribou skin vamps: North America, Canada, Alberta, Fort Chipewyan, c. 1859

Dress Dress

Dress, of tanned smoked caribou skin, with slit neck and shirt-type collar tying with thongs, and rectangular cape hanging from shoulders across back, decorated with thongs wrapped with red and white porcupine quills, part of a woman's summer outfit: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Great Slave Lake, Tłı̨chǫ, 1860

Belt Belt

Belt, comprising a band of loom-woven red and white porcupine quills mounted on tanned caribou skin, stitched to dress at waist centre-back and tying at front with thongs, part of a woman's summer outfit: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Great Slave Lake, Tłı̨chǫ, c. 1860

Legging Legging

Legging, one of a pair, of tanned smoked caribou skin with thong fringes at the seams, sewn with sinew, part of a woman's summer outfit: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Great Slave Lake, Tłı̨chǫ, c. 1860

Legging Legging

Legging, one of a pair, of tanned smoked caribou skin with thong fringes at the seams, sewn with sinew, part of a woman's summer outfit: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Great Slave Lake, Tłı̨chǫ, c. 1860

Moccasin Moccasin

Moccasin, one of a pair, of tanned smoked caribou skin of two-piece form with added ankle flaps and drawstring thong ties, part of a woman's summer outfit: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Great Slave Lake, Tłı̨chǫ, c. 1860

Moccasin Moccasin

Moccasin, one of a pair, of tanned smoked caribou skin of two-piece form with added ankle flaps and drawstring thong ties, part of a woman's summer outfit: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Great Slave Lake, Tłı̨chǫ, c. 1860

Costume, man's summer Costume, man's summer

Shirt of tanned caribou skin with round neck and pointed lower edge, decorated with applied quillwork, red ochre, and thong fringes wrapped with quills and strung with silverberry seeds and beads, sewn with sinew, part of a man's summer outfit: North America, Canada, Yukon or Northwest Territories, Gwich'in, c. 1860

Tunic, man's Tunic, man's

Tunic of tanned calf moose skin decorated with porcupine quillwork, beads, quilled fringes and red ochre, part of a man's summer outfit: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Gwich'in, c. 1862

Tunic Tunic

Tunic, of tanned caribou skin, decorated with trade beads, dentalium shells and quilled fringe, part of a Gwich'in man's summer outfit: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Gwich'in, c. 1862

Mitten Mitten

Mitten, one of a pair, of tanned caribou skin decorated with trade beads, dentalium shells and fringe, part of a Gwich'in man's summer outfit: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Gwich'in, c. 1862

Mitten Mitten

Mitten, one of a pair, of tanned caribou skin decorated with trade beads, dentalium shells and fringe, part of a Gwich'in man's summer outfit: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Gwich'in, c. 1862

Hunting bag Hunting bag

Model hunting bag, of netted babiche, decorated with horizontal bands of red pigment, skin thongs wrapped with yellow quills, and red wool tassels: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Fort Simpson, Tłı̨chǫ, c. 1860

Hunting bag Hunting bag

Hunting bag, of caribou leg-skins, sewn with sinew, with top of tanned caribou skin with a thong drawstring tie: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Fort Simpson, Tłı̨chǫ, c. 1860

Hair ornament Hair ornament

Hair-ornament consisting of a circle of possibly monkey fur with a thong loop: Africa, Malawi, Ngoniland

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