Penn Museum
Title
Penn Museum
Alternative Title
PM
Description
Anthropology museum at the University of Pennsylvania.
Spatial Coverage
Philadelphia, PA
Access Rights
Rights Holder
Requests for high resolution images for publication must be gotten through Penn Museum: https://www.penn.museum/about-collections/access-the-collections/request-object-photography-illustration.
Collection Items
Caribou Hide Sleeves
These sleeves are made of a single piece of caribou hide, folded over the shoulder and upper arm, and sewn along the bottom of the arms, leaving the center front open. The sleeves terminate in cuffs that are folded up onto the arm and decorated with…
Caribou Hide Strap Dress with Beaded Tassels
This dress can be considered a "side-fold" dress because it is made of a single caribou hide fastened on one side seam with a series of thong ties. It is decorated around the hem with red, blue and brown pigment in motifs of horizontal lines and…
Caribou Hide Strap Dress with Fur Trim
This dress is made of two caribou hides, sewn on both side seams, with the fur side on the interior. At the top, the hide is folded over to create a fur flap all around the circumfrance. The hem is decorated with red, blue and brown painted motifs of…
Pair of Straps with Breastplate
This pair of straps from a strap dress is made of a layer of stiff canvas on the back and red stroud on the front, with linear applique beadwork sewn through both layers. Motifs focus around a variation of the ottertail motif with panels of diamond…