214 (temporary number, Los Angeles County Museum 1945 loan number)
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Shell beaded buckskin skirt.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Upper Yukon River, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Upper Yukon
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
J. Brandford, 1967, says: "This is probably an elaborate breast-shoulder ornament, worn in the usual style, across chest, and over both shoulders, like a large necklace. Skirt not likely.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Note 1945 loan to LA County Museum - buckskin skirt with bead and shell dentalia trimming (collar).
Loans:
S1945-1946 #1: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (dates unknown) and S1973-1974 #38: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Nelson H.H. Graburn (November 16, 1973–November 16, 1973)