Fur Trousers for Child
Gwich'in
Dene (Athabascan)
Subarctic
collected 1933
Mountain Sheep fur, red and green glass beads
Overall: 24 13/16 in. (63 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Professor Robert A. McKennan, Class of 1925
33.2.4633
Geography
Place Made: Chandalar River region, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
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 Chandalar Kutchin people, Alaska, Summer 1933; given to present collection, 1933.
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