Baby belt/sling

Date created
circa 1900
Culture/People
Gwich'in (Kutchin) [Yukon River, Alaska]
Seller
Micajah Wallace Pope (M.W. Pope), Non-Indian, 1873-1940
Collector
Micajah Wallace Pope (M.W. Pope), Non-Indian, 1873-1940
Previous owner
Micajah Wallace Pope (M.W. Pope), Non-Indian, 1873-1940
Collection History
Collected between 1907 and 1913 by Micajah W. Pope (1873-1940) during his work with the Alaskan Boundary Survey; purchased by MAI from Micajah Pope in 1928.
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Place
Yukon River; Doyon Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
See related items
Gwich'in (Kutchin) [Yukon River, Alaska]
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
16/1650
Barcode
161650.000
Object Type
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Object Name
Baby belt/sling
Media/Materials
Hide, velvet, cotton cloth, hide thong/babiche, glass bead/beads, thread
Techniques
Sewn, overlay beadwork, edge beaded
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d7b1454b-d230-42b2-80fa-3b61c9420457
Record ID
NMAI_173402