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View full screenOctopus smoking bag decorated with European-influenced floral design in beadwork, with green and blue cotton tassels below: North America, Canada, Metis
A.848.41
Canada, North America
Metis
Athapaskan
Cloth decorated with floral design in beadwork
Hudson's Bay Company
The Athabaskans: Strangers of the North. Ottawa: National Museum of Man, 1974. Exhibition catalogue from 'An international travelling exhibition from the collection of the National Museum of Man, Canada, and the Royal Scottish Museum. Cat no. 157, p.114.
Idiens, Dale, A catalogue of Northern Athapaskan Indian artefacts in the collection of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum Information Series, Art and Archaeology 3, March 1979
Listed on Yukon government 'Searching for Our Heritage' project website listing Yukon First Nations artefacts around the world: http://www.tc.gov.yk.ca/museum_resources.html
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