AN ATHABASKAN BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE GUN CASE. . c. 1880. ...

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AN ATHABASKAN BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE GUN CASE

c. 1880

sinew sewn, each end with panels of red wool trade cloth decorated with scrolling floral elements in various shades of glass seed beads, trimmed with bead and wool yarn tassels

For a similar example collected between 1894 and 1901 on the Upper Yukon River, see: Duncan, Kate, Northern Athabaskan Art, U. of Washington Press, 1989, color plate 30.

Length: 62 inches


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