Sewing machine
A hand-cranked sewing machine purchased by Rose Drygeese and Sophie Lacorne at Weaver & Devore Trading Ltd. in Yellowknife in the 1940s. They shared the machine while living in Detah and at bush camps, and loaned it out frequently to friends.
Accession No.
2009.026.001 a-d
Maker
Singer Manufacturing Company, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
Culture
Dene
Region
North Slave
Location
Detah, Great Slave Lake
Date
1936