Goatskin

Description

Dressed or tanned skin of Rocky Mountain goat: North America, Canada, Nehaunay, or Kaska / Nahane

Museum reference

A.848.35

Collection

Americas

Object name

Goatskin

Production information

Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America

Style / Culture

Nehaunay
Athapaskan
Kaska

Materials

Goatskin

Physical description

Dressed goatskin

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

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