Large Leather Cloak Or Robe With Quillwork Item Number: E74440-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From Card: "Illus. in USNM AR, 1893, pl 22, p 644... fig 1."Provenience note: collection apparently purchased or collected by McLean in Sitka and vicinity circa 1884.Shirley Kendall, Virginia Oliver, and Alan Zuboff made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This robe is made of moose-hide, winter moose in particular according to Alan, and isn't smoked. This object is only top-stitched, not stitched all the way through. Virginia noted the presence of porcupine quills and commented that she didn't know Tlingits had fringed garments such as this. Alan commented that the wood with the object looks like something that would be on armor.
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Sgt. John J. McLean in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA during 1884
- Received on December 27, 1884
What
- Name
- Large Leather Cloak Or Robe With Quillwork
- Identification Number
- E74440-0
- Type of Item
- robe
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Sgt. John J. McLean
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1884
- Acquisition Date
- on December 27, 1884
Other
- Accession Number
- 015504