Gun Case
Tanana
Dene (Athabascan)
Subarctic
early 20th century
Native-tanned moose hide, cloth, glass beads, sinew, and thread
Overall: 46 7/8 × 6 1/4 in. (119 × 15.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Guido R. Rahr, Sr., Class of 1951P
985.47.26572
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Armament: Accessory
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Subarctic
Not on view
Inscriptions
Attached Tag: "#13 Rifle Scabbard"
Course History
NAS 37, Alaska: American Dreams and Native Realities, Sergei Kan, Medeia Krisztina C. DeHass, Spring 2013
NAS 37, ANTH 47, Alaska: American Dreams and Native Realities, Sergei Kan, Winter 2014
NAS 37, ANTH 37, Alaska: American Dreams and Native Realities, Sergei Kan, Spring 2015
Exhibition History
Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 2-June 19, 1987.
Publication History
Barbara A. Hail and Gregory C. Schwarz, Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1987, p.70, no.105.
Provenance
Collected by Guido Reinhardt Rahr, Sr. (1902-1985), Manitowoc, Wisconsin; given to present collection, 1985.
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