- From The Collection Of
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Accession Number
- 25/1920/27/1
- Discipline
- Humanities
- Culture
- Tahltan?
- Materials and Techniques
- wool (material)
- cotton (material)
- Place
- subarctic (creation)
- Canada (creation)
- eastern foothills of the northern Rockies (creation)
- North America (creation)
- North America (collection place)
- Related People
- Mr Edgar Dewdney (from the collection of) (collector)
- Description
- Buffalo hides and buckskin were labour intensive activities. Trade cloth was easier to cut and sew. It was the largest and single most important class of goods traded to Native Americans, thus becoming a status symbol.
This object is on display at RAMM in the World Cultures gallery. - See Elsewhere
- MDS record link
- Record Rights
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- CC 0
Collection Location
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