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Object Type: shirt
Museum number: Am1987,02.3
Description: Black cloth shirt, with floral embroidery in blue silk thread.
Producer name: Made by: Jeanette Bijdevaate (non-native); Decorated by: Theresa Crooked Hand (embroidered by)
Production ethnic group: Made by: Dogrib
Production date: 1986
Production place: Made in: Vancouver
Excavator/field collector: Field Collection by: Jonathan C H King (British Museum Ethnography Dept. staff; field collection)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Yellowknife
Materials: silk
Technique: embroidered
Dimensions: Length: 80 centimetres
Curator's comments: Eth.Doc.1418. Jacket made by non-native; made and used in Treeline Trappings fashion show at North West Territories Pavilion, Expo '86, Vancouver.
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1987-1990 3 Dec-1 Jul, Museum of Mankind, Room 3; Living Arctic: Hunters of the Canadian North
Acquisition date: 1987
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Am1987,02.3

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