Tlingit or Kutchin Beaded and Fringed Hide Tunic

composed of tanned hide, overlaid across the shoulders, cuffs and down the front with red wool cloth, stitched in glass beadwork, with stylized openwork designs, the v-shaped hemline surmounted with red wool zigzags outlined in white beadwork.

Very good condition with typical from age and use including light staining. The beadwork is in quite good condition.
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This unusual garment features beadwork that suggests a Tlingit origin however the Kuthcin, or Loucheux, whom lived between the Tlingit and Eskimo, were influenced by the Eskimo, especially their v-shaped shirts. Its possible that one or the other tribe manufactured this garment reflecting a cross-influence of the other.