Large Robe of Ground Squirrel Fur
Dene (Athabascan)
Subarctic
collected about 1906-1911
Sik-Sik arctic ground squirrel fur and hide fringe stained with red alder
Overall: 49 13/16 × 66 1/8 in. (126.5 × 168 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Charles Sheldon
51.32.12863
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Subarctic
Not on view
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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