Sewing kit
A sewing kit made of caribou and moose hide with metal beads and a bone button. Sometimes called a 'chatelaine', this kit has a needle holder, a pin cushion, a thimble holder and a sheath for scissors. Collected by Canon Alfred Vale, principal of St. Peter’s Anglican Mission School.
Accession No.
2001.009.005
Maker
Unknown
Culture
Non-Indigenous
Region
South Slave
Location
Great Slave Lake, Hay River
Date
1907-1927