Robe

Description

Robe or coat made of rabbit's fur sewn onto a sinew network: North America, Canada, Manitoba, Norway House, Dene, 1858

Museum reference

A.287

Collection

Americas

Object name

Robe, Coat

Production information

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

Date

1858

Style / Culture

Dene
Athapaskan

Materials

Rabbit fur, Moose skin

Physical description

Hooded coat of white rabbit skins, tanned moose skin ties at the front.

Associations

Manitoba, Canada, North America

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