Child's Caribou Skin Parka
Tanana, Dene (Athabascan), Alaska, Subarctic
collected 1929-1930
Caribou skin, muskrat, wool and dye (red, green)
Overall: 33 7/16 in. (85 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Professor Robert A. McKennan, Class of 1925
30.2.4598
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Classification
Native American
Native American: Subarctic
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 12.11, NAS 30, Arctic Crossroads: Its Peoples, Cultures, and History, William Fitzhugh, Winter 2015
Provenance
Collected by Professor Robert Addison McKennan [Dartmouth Class of 1925, 1903-1982) [during his field research studying the Tanana and Chandalar people of the Upper Tanana River, Alaska], 1929-1930; given to present collection, 1930.
Old Number
Red No. 30.1
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