Museum catalogue: Arctic Material Culture Collection
Dance trousers
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Accession no.: | Y: 2019/52a | ||||||
Title: | Dance trousers | ||||||
Description: | One of a pair of woollen chaps with red, white and blue chevron patterned wool trim on the thigh and an intricate floral beadwork pattern beneath, fastened to make a pair with leather thongs. Attributed to the Tlingit Alaskan Native population Southeastern Alaska. Given by Bishop of Alaska P.T. Rowe to Episcopal missionary Augustus Reginald Hoare in Point Hope, Alaska, between 1908 and 1920. | ||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||
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One of a pair of woollen chaps with vertical red, white and blue chevron patterned wool trim on the thigh and a pink, green, red, blue, gold, brown and white floral glass beadwork pattern beneath, in a rectangular cartouche on the outside leg. Fastened to make a pair with split leather thong stitched in two places inside the upper leg opening. |
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