Tunic, man's

Description

Tunic of tanned calf moose skin decorated with porcupine quillwork, beads, quilled fringes and red ochre, part of a man's summer outfit: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Gwich'in, c. 1862

Museum reference

A.848.10

Collection

Americas

Object name

Tunic, man's

Production information

Peel River, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

Date

c. 1862

Style / Culture

Gwich'in
Athapaskan

Materials

Moose skin, Porcupine quill, Bead, Thong, Ochre, Sinew

Physical description

Man's summer shirt, made of tanned calf moose skin with drawstring neck and pointed lower edge, decorated with applied quillwork in purple and white, blue and red beads, thong fringes wrapped with red, white, yellow and blue quills, and lines of red ochre, 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

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