Gun Case

Tanana
Dene (Athabascan)
Subarctic

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early 20th century

Native-tanned moose hide, cloth, glass beads, sinew, and thread

Overall: 46 7/8 × 6 1/4 in. (119 × 15.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Guido R. Rahr, Sr., Class of 1951P

985.47.26572

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Armament: Accessory

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Subarctic

Not on view

Inscriptions

Attached Tag: "#13 Rifle Scabbard"

Course History

NAS 37, Alaska: American Dreams and Native Realities, Sergei Kan, Medeia Krisztina C. DeHass, Spring 2013

NAS 37, ANTH 47, Alaska: American Dreams and Native Realities, Sergei Kan, Winter 2014

NAS 37, ANTH 37, Alaska: American Dreams and Native Realities, Sergei Kan, Spring 2015

Exhibition History

Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 2-June 19, 1987.

Publication History

Barbara A. Hail and Gregory C. Schwarz, Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1987, p.70, no.105.

Provenance

Collected by Guido Reinhardt Rahr, Sr. (1902-1985), Manitowoc, Wisconsin; given to present collection, 1985.

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