Charm

Description

Charm, consisting of two loops of reindeer leather, bound with quillwork and fringed with feathers, worsted and beads: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Slavey, or Kaska / Nahane c. 1862

Museum reference

A.848.49

Collection

Americas

Object name

Charm

Production information

Unknown
Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

Date

c. 1862

Style / Culture

Slavey
Nahane
Kaska
Athapaskan

Materials

Reindeer leather, Quill, Feather, Worsted, Bead

Physical description

Two loops of reindeer leather bound with quill work and fringed with feathers, worsted, and beads

Collection place(s)

Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

Associations

Hudson's Bay Company

Exhibitions

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

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

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