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2010.012.019
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Shirt

Object 2010.012.019

Shirt

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.

Object Details
Accession No.2010.012.019
MakerMcCauley-Hodgson, Cece
Culture
Region
LocationDélı̨nę, Great Bear Lake
Date1950-1951
2010.012.123
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Copper

Object 2010.012.123

Copper

Copper

A large irregular chunk of naturally occuring ‘native’ copper. Source Bern Will Brown found this sample at an old cabin site on the Dease Arm, Great Bear Lake. Copper prospectors were active in the Great Bear Lake area during the 1920s-1930s which could explain why this mineral sample was found there.

Object Details
Accession No.2010.012.123
Region
LocationGreat Bear Lake
Date
2010.012.016
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Boat motor

Object 2010.012.016

Boat motor

Boat motor

A ‘Johnson’ eight horsepower ‘OK-20’ gasoline boat motor. This motor was being used by a Dene man on his home-made boat in 1962 when Bern Will Brown arrived in Colville Lake. Small boat motors like this are also called ‘kickers’ and could be strapped on the back of freighter canoes, making travel much easier for people using the waterways.

Object Details
Accession No.2010.012.016
MakerJohnson
Culture
Region
LocationColville Lake
Date1927
2002.018.001
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Doll

Object 2002.018.001 a,b

Doll

Doll

A soft-bodied doll resembling a ‘Viking warrior’, commercially produced for a fundraising and awareness campaign by the “Women Warriors of the Sahtu” who wanted a road built to the Sahtu region of the Northwest Territories. Newspaper columnist and personality Cece Hodgson-McCauley was the instigator of the campaign, and the doll was made to look like her.

Object Details
Accession No.2002.018.001 a,b
MakerUnknown
Culture
Region
LocationNorman Wells, Mackenzie River
Date2002