Menstrual Veil
70-9-496
From: Canada | Labrador
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-9-496 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Naskapi | Barren Ground Band |
| Provenience | Canada | Labrador |
| Culture Area | Subarctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Hide | Paint |
| Description | Hide, fringed, and painted with red, blue, and white pigment. Ties are sewn on at either end. Note on tag accompanying object, perhaps typed by Pennypacker: "New style Menstruation vale [sic]. The vale is not worn after its first use. Worn during her first period. Collected by F.G. Speck 1933..." |
| Length | 80 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
| Other Number | NA1803 - Collector Number |
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