Victorian Loon Feather Wall Bag with Pockets
Labrador Inuit (Labradormiut)
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
late 19th-early 20th century
Red Throated Loon feathers (top section); Common Loon feathers (middle section); Loon feather fragments; decorated with red ribbon and glass beads; pockets and back are lined with cotton cloth
Overall: 15 3/8 × 16 15/16 in. (39 × 43 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Colonel Charles Wellington Furlong
163.55.1
Geography
Place Made: Grenfell Mission, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Bag
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Provenance
Charles Wellington Furlong (1874-1967), Consultant to the Stefansson Collection, Dartmouth College (1962-1967)], Hanover, New Hampshire; given to the present collection, 1963.
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