Woman's Skirt, Buckskin & Hair Item Number: E386546-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Attributed on card by curator John C. Ewers as "probably Chinook or Salish." From card: "Waist band of bucksin, with buckskin tie strings; long cut fringe to band; outside of band decorated with vertical floral [fruit?] motives in 1 horizontal row (black and red paint). To inner border of waistband a second fringe of braided mtn. goat hair (?) is attached by skin thongs. Note: Dr. Erna Gunther, Washington State Museum, on visit to USNM, Oct. 13, 1948, stated this definitely of mtn. goat hair, but that she had not seen any other skirts like it from the northwest. She was not famliar with the painted motives. She believed it was probably from an interior tribe of Washington or B.C."
Item History
- Made in Washington, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected by George Catlin in Washington, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
- Received from Mrs. Joseph Harrison Jr. on October 21, 1881
What
- Name
- Woman's Skirt, Buckskin & Hair
- Identification Number
- E386546-0
- Type of Item
- skirt
Who
- Culture
- Chinook ? or Salish ?
- Field Collector
- George Catlin
- Received from
- Mrs. Joseph Harrison Jr.
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Washington, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected in
- Washington, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
When
- Acquisition Date
- on October 21, 1881
Other
- Accession Number
- 010638