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- Affiliation Koyukon type/style
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- Object Number VI-V-14
- Place of Origin Continent - North America, Country - United States of America (tbv)
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, outerwear
- Department Ethnology
- Museum CMH
- Geo-Cultural Code VI-V
- Measurements Height 80 cm, Width 48 cm, Thickness 15 cm
- Caption Child's summer costume, Alaska, ca. 1870
- Additional Information Koyukon Athapaskan from the Tanana/Yukon River region of Alaska; made of tanned caribou skin, woollen cloth, cotton thread, sinew, red ochre pigment, glass and metal beads. For ceremonies or on trading trips, women and children wore beautifully decorated garments. Red paint applied along the seams was believed to protect the wearer. Similar garments of both types were worn by adults and children of both sexes on special occasions during the summer. The costumes included trouser-moccasins, hoods and mittens.