Man's Wolf Skin Cap Or Frontlet Item Number: E1694-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/127 , retrieved 12-19-2019: Head band made out of the head skin of a wolf, including the animal's nose. A loop of blue beads runs through the nose. Large blue and translucent red trade beads trim the lower edge of the headdress.
Item History
- Made in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Received from Roderick R. MacFarlane on December 21, 1866
What
- Name
- Man's Wolf Skin Cap Or Frontlet
- Identification Number
- E1694-0
- Type of Item
- headband
Who
- Culture
- Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
- Received from
- Roderick R. MacFarlane
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected in
- Northwest Territories, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on December 21, 1866
Other
- Accession Number
- 66A00090