Wolf Skin Robe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Jun 1901
name: label: Donor Name
content: Iver Fougner
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Grey wolf."
label: Notes
content: Karen Anderson (Nuxalk elder), Ian Reid (Heiltsuk), Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) and Jennifer Kramer (anthropologist) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. This wolf skin robe was probably sewn together using sinew. These pieces are very sacred, the only time they're danced is in the marriage and dog eater dances. Wolf head pieces would be worn with cedar bark tunics that had copper jingles and red face paint, in addition to the wolf blanket. These marriage ceremonies only belong to the upper valley people. Different furs were worn by chiefs, a chief that had five potlatches for his name is allowed to wear a shawl/drape/robe out of lynx. High ranking people would wear different fur robes, while most others wore cedar bark clothing.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 037973
label: USNM Number
content: E210062-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Robe