Fort Anderson, Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
Accession Date:
7 Jan 1869
Notes:
FROM CARD: "USED IN DRESSING THE HAIR A LA CHIGNON. HEAD-DRESS: BUNCHES OR "SWITCHES" OF ANIMAL FIBER USED IN DRESSING THE HAIR. WORN BY ESKIMO WOMEN, FORT ANDERSON, MACKENZIE RIVER."
Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/16 , retrieved 2-11-2020: Sinew for dressing hair. This is a bundle of sinew that has a tag identifying it as being used 'in dressing the hair a la chignon' (in a topknot).