Dress, boy's

Description

Boy's dress of reindeer skin: North America, Canada, Norway House, Manitoba, Denesuline, 1858

Museum reference

A.480.2

Collection

Americas

Object name

Dress, boy's

Production information

Norway House, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada, North America

Date

1858

Style / Culture

Denesuline
Athapaskan

Materials

Caribou skin, Sinew

Physical description

Child's winter coat, a hooded parka of caribou skin with the hair retained, the ends of the sleeves sewn together making mittens unnecessary, sewn with sinew.

Associations

Hudson's Bay Company

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