Woman's winter dress
Maker: Innu (Montagnais-Naskapi)
Medium:Furred caribou hide, paint
Geography: Quebec-Labrador Peninsula, Canada
Date: c. 1910
Dimensions:
122 x 152.5 cm
Object number: HC1649
Not on view
DescriptionProbably collected by Robert J. Flaherty. In 1910, the Canadian Northern Railway commissioned 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.
Department: Art & Culture: Indigenous Americas
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