Model of Woman's Upper Dress Or Tunic
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1869
label: Collection Date
content: 1867
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William H. Dall
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William H. Dall
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "OBJECT IS ILLUS.: FIG. 13, P. 120 "YUKON RIVER ATHAPASKAN COSTUME IN THE 1860-S" BY KATE DUNCAN IN FACES, VOICES & DREAMS; DIVISION OF ALASKA STATE MUSEUMS; 1987. OBJECT IS IDENTIFIED THERE AS MODEL GARMENT, KOYUKON. COLLECTED 1866-68 BY WILLIAM DALL. FEMALE WOMAN'S COSTUME. TANNED HIDE COLORED WITH RED OCHRE, SINEW-STRUNG BLACK AND WHITE PONY BEADS."
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on model moccasin trousers # E7608-0, which form a pair with tunic E7607-0, http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=26 , retrieved 7-10-2012: The miniature moccasin trousers # E7608-0 - pants with moccasin feet attached - represent the lower half of Koyukon woman's outfit. There is a matching tunic # E7607-0, made as a model or possibly for a doll. Both were collected by William H. Dall along the Yukon River in 1867.(1) The trousers are made from caribou fawn skin, with the hair left on and turned to the inside, representing clothing that was worn in winter. In the past, men and women of all Alaskan Athabascan groups wore similar moccasin trousers and tunics. Along the Yukon River and its tributaries these garments were made by the Gwich'in (2), Koyukon (3), Upper Tanana (4), and Deg Hit'an.(5) In southern Alaska, both the Dena'ina and Ahtna wore this type of clothing.(6) 1. Dall 1870 2. Mackenzie 1801:48; McKennan 1965:45; Murray 1910:84; Osgood 1936:39-40; Richardson 1851 Vol. 1:380 3. Dall 1870:82-83; Michael 1976:244-46 4. McKennan 1959:78-80 5. Osgood 1970:262; Michael 1976:244-46 6. Allen 1887:131, Osgood 1937:46
label: Notes
content: From discussion with Phillip Arrow, Trimble Gilbert, Eliza Jones and Judy Woods at the National Museum of Natural History and National Museum of the American Indian, 5/17/2004-5/21/2004. Also participating: Aron Crowell (NMNH), Kate Duncan (Arizona State University) and Suzi Jones (AMHA). In this entry, the Elders speak in different Athabascan dialects: Phillip Arrow, Deg Xinag; Trimble Gilbert, Gwich'in; Eliza Jones, Central Koyukon; and Judy Woods, Upper Koyukon. This section includes information from the discussion of tunic E7607, which was discussed with moccasin trousers E7608. These two items were collected together as a set of clothing. Trimble Gilbert: What kind of fur is that [inside tunic]? Judy Woods: Looks like muskrat or marten. Eliza Jones: This is red. It's not muskrat, too red. It's not mountain squirrel. Mountain squirrel wouldn't be red. How about ground hog? Trimble Gilbert: Groundhog is different too. Groundhog is grey. Eliza Jones: It wouldn't' be reindeer. Trimble Gilbert: Maybe young one. Eliza Jones: Maybe it's an unborn animal of some kind, maybe caribou. I think it's an unborn calf. Trimble Gilbert: Yes, caribou or moose. The tail is right there. Eliza Jones: Oh, could be, yes, because this is the- Trimble Gilbert: White. Eliza Jones: Yes, around the tail. So unborn fawn, caribou fawn.
label: Notes
content: Trimble Gilbert: What kind of fur is this [pants interior] anyway? Eliza Jones: I think it's the same thing. It's just faded, see? Trimble Gilbert: Yes.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yukon River, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Koyukon (Denaakk'e)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 69A00010
label: USNM Number
content: E7607-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tunic Model