Rifle Case
Artist
Unknown
CultureTanana or Tutchone
Dateca. 1890-1910
MediumLeather, beads, wool
Dimensions54 1/2 × 8 in. (138.4 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. James C. Perry
Object number36.8.80
Not on view
DescriptionNative American, Upper Yukon, probably Tanana or Tutchone. Gun bag of rawhide trimmed halway down and at the bottom with bands of polychrome beading and self-fringe, and at the top with an eared beaded and wool-tassled finial. Small red wool tassels trimmed with blue trade beads dotting the length of the piece.
