Caribou Hide Sleeves

Caribou Hide Sleeves

31-7-4A

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 red, yellow and blue pigment in motifs of opposing triangles and petals, with diamonds within a horizontal line. They are worn over the dress, 31-7-4B.

1880, before

Barren Ground Naskapi

Shefferville, Labrador; Matimekosh Indian Reserve #3

caribou hide, 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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