Cap

Description

Man's cap, of red and blue wool cloth, the seams and edge covered with strips of patterned cotton cloth, with a band of tanned caribou skin supporting nine black bears' claws loosely attached to lower edge: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Slavey or Kaska, c. 1860

Museum reference

A.558.43

Collection

Americas

Object name

Cap

Production information

Unknown
Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

Date

c. 1860

Style / Culture

Slavey
Kaska
Athapaskan

Materials

Wool, Cotton, Caribou skin, Bear claw

Physical description

Red and blue wool cloth with seams and edge covered with strips of patterned cotton cloth; band of tanned caribou skin supporting nine bears' claws loosely attached to lower edge

Collection place(s)

Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

Associations

Hudson's Bay Company

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

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

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

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

national museum of scotland »
level 1 »
world cultures, living lands