Babiche Bag (Small Pouch of Netted Rawhide)
Dene (Athabascan)
Subarctic
collected late 19th-early 20th century
Rawhide, leather, fur, glass beads, red Cornaline d'Aleppo beads and claws
Overall: 8 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (21.5 × 18 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Charles Sheldon
51.32.12859
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Bag
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 Charles Alexander Sheldon (1867-1928); to his wife, Louise Walker Gulliver Sheldon (1867-1950), Woodstock, Vermont; given to present collection, 1951.
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