Model, costume / figure

Description

Model figure of a Dena'ina woman, made of carton-pierre, one of a collection illustrating national costumes of the Russian Empire for the Paris Exhibition, 1867: Russian, St Petersburg, by I.M. Heiser, c. 1867

Museum reference

A.1867.50.35

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Model, costume / figure

Production information

Heiser, I.M., 1867 (fl.)
St Petersburg, Russia, Eastern Europe

Date

c. 1867

Style / Culture

Dena'ina

Materials

Carton-pierre

Physical description

Model figure of a Kenait woman, made of carton-pierre, wearing a long skin dress, and moccasins joined to the leg covering; decorated with quillwork, fur edging and fringing. Conical basketry hat of Nuu-chah-nulth type depicting a whaling scene.

Associations

Paris Exhibition 1867
Alaska, USA, North America

References

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