Bag, smoking

Description

Smoking bag, of tanned moose skin, lined with cotton print fabric and decorated with red and blue wool cloth, blue silk ribbon, green and white glass beads, blue and red wool tassels, and a fringe of skin thongs: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Fort Simpson, Tłı̨chǫ, c. 1862

Museum reference

A.850.2

Collection

Americas

Object name

Bag, smoking

Production information

Unknown
Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

Date

c. 1862

Style / Culture

Tłı̨chǫ
Athapaskan

Materials

Moose skin, Cotton, Cloth, Silk, Glass, Skin

Physical description

Smoking bag made of tanned moose skin, lined with cotton print fabric and decorated with red and blue wool cloth, blue silk ribbon, green and white glass beads, blue and red wool tassels, and a fringe of skin thongs.

Collection place(s)

Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

Exhibitions

• Living Lands (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Dogrib: We live securely by the land (01 Oct 2006 - 14 Dec 2007)
  Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
  Carleton University Art Gallery

References

Dè T’a Hoti Ts’eeda: ‘We Live Securely by the Land’; An Exhibition of Dene material selected from the collections from National Museums Scotland. Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada 2006

Idiens, Dale, A catalogue of Northern Athapaskan Indian artefacts in the collection of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum Information Series, Art and Archaeology 3, March 1979

On display

national museum of scotland »
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world cultures, living lands