Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from George T. Emmons in 1914.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Nisga'a (Niska)
- Collector
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Previous owner
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Seller
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Object Name
- Man's dance kilt/apron
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, puffin beak/beaks, caribou hide/skin, porcupine quills, dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Sewn, fringed, dyed, quill embroidered
- Dimensions
- 132 x 85 cm
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
