Water can

Description

Water can or roggan of birch bark sewn with goose quill: North America, Canada, Saskatchewan or Alberta, Athapaskan

Museum reference

A.480.12

Collection

Americas

Object name

Water can, Roggan

Production information

Athabasca District, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

Style / Culture

Athapaskan

Materials

Birch bark, Bark, Feather

Physical description

Birch bark sewn with goose quill

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

On display

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