Shirt

A shirt sewn by Cece Hodgson-McCauley while living in Deline. The shirt is made from a nylon parachute acquired by McCauley from a person who salvaged it from ‘Operation Muskox’, a Canadian military exercise that passed through the Great Bear Lake area in the winter of 1946. During Operation Muskox, supplies were dropped by parachute along the route of the expedition, and local people collected the parachutes for re-use.
Accession No.
2010.012.019
Maker
McCauley-Hodgson, Cece
Culture
Dene
Region
Sahtu
Location
Délı̨nę, Great Bear Lake
Date
1950-1951
Shirt