Winter bonnet - ROM2005_5533_1

ROM2005_5533_1

Winter bonnet

Maker: Caribou Inuit or Iglulingmiut
Medium:Caribou skin
Geography: Hudson Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Date: 1910-1914
Dimensions:
27 x 15 x 20.5 cm
Object number: HC2291
Credit Line: Gift of Sir William Mackenzie; the Robert J. Flaherty Collection
On view
Gallery Location:Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture
Description

Worn by children in both summer and winter, the winter bonnet has a fur fringe to protect the child's neck.

In 1910, the Canadian Northern Railway commissioned Robert J. Flaherty (1884 – 1951) to search for iron ore deposits along the northeast coast of Hudson's Bay. Flaherty visited the Arctic over several years during which he collected a wide range of Inuit artifacts. He became interested in filming Inuit life and his popular 1922 silent film, Nanook of the North, garnered him acclaim as a documentary film pioneer.

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