Caribou Hide Strap Dress with Fur Trim

Caribou Hide Strap Dress with Fur Trim

30-3-1

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 horizontal lines, scallops and squares.

1880, before

Barren Ground Naskapi

Shefferville, Labrador; Matimekosh Indian Reserve #3

Caribou hide with fur intact, pigment.

Frank Speck collected mainly around Lac St-Jean (Mashteuiatsh; usually given as "Lake St. John" by Speck), St-Augustin (usually "St. Augustine" in Speck) and interior nomadic Naskapi, now settled at Matimekosh Reserve.

54.80022, -66.83183 (N 54°48′01″ W 66°49′55″)

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