Bag, smoking

Description

Octopus smoking bag decorated with European-influenced floral design in beadwork, with green and blue cotton tassels below: North America, Canada, Metis

Museum reference

A.848.41

Collection

Americas

Object name

Bag, smoking

Production information

Canada, North America

Style / Culture

Metis
Athapaskan

Materials

Cloth, Beadwork

Physical description

Cloth decorated with floral design in beadwork

Associations

Hudson's Bay Company

References

The Athabaskans: Strangers of the North. Ottawa: National Museum of Man, 1974. Exhibition catalogue from 'An international travelling exhibition from the collection of the National Museum of Man, Canada, and the Royal Scottish Museum. Cat no. 157, p.114.

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

Listed on Yukon government 'Searching for Our Heritage' project website listing Yukon First Nations artefacts around the world: http://www.tc.gov.yk.ca/museum_resources.html

On display

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