SKIRT

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

SKIRT

Entry/Object ID

143/5324

Description

DIRTY/FIBERS BREAKING/DRESS/MADE OF BEATEN CEDAR BARK/ FROM OLD MAN'S TOTEM HOUSE

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Location

Port Madison, Puget Sound

State/Province

Washington

Culture/Tribe

Tlingit
Native American, First Nation

Notes

Originally indexed "Siwash Tlingit". Siwash is derogatory term for Pacific N.W Indigenous People's The index specifies this is Tlingit and from Port Madison, but Port Madison is home to a Suquamish reservation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Skirt

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Width

28 in

Length

18 in

Parts

Count

1

Material

CEDAR BARK

Condition

Overall Condition

Good