Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1912 and 1916 by Donald A. Cadzow (1894-1960, MAI staff member) while he lived with his uncle at the Hudson Bay Trading Company's outpost at Rampart House, Yukon Territory, Canada; purchased by MAI from Donald Cadzow circa 1917.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Gwich'in (Kutchin) [Peel and Porcupine Rivers, Yukon Territory, Canada]
- Collector
- Donald A. Cadzow, Non-Indian, 1894-1960
- Previous owner
- Donald A. Cadzow, Non-Indian, 1894-1960
- Seller
- Donald A. Cadzow, Non-Indian, 1894-1960
- Object Name
- Wallpocket
- Media/Materials
- Velveteen, deerhide/deerskin, glass bead/beads, embroidery floss, wool twill tape, cotton tape
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork, embroidered, appliquéd
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
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