Woman’s summer outfit: Dress
Tanned caribou skin tailored in European style with gathered skirt attached to high-waisted front-opening bodice, and set-in sleeves gathered at the shoulders. Thong fringes at the waist and lower part of skirt. Sewn with sinew. Part of a set including leggings and moccasins.
Dimensions: 1220 x 541 mm.
Provenance: Dogrib, Fort Rae, Great Slave Lake.
Given by B.R. Ross, Fort Simpson, 1859.
Museum Number: National Museums of Scotland A.481.3