Caribou Hide Game Bag

 The Caribou Hide Game Bags are made by the Dogrib people who live northeast of Great Sslave Lake. This bags are made of babiche (untanned hide) woven similar to a fishnet but much finer.

This particular bag was made in the community of Wahti (Lac La Marte).

  
 View of the Back of the Bag.

 

$500

 

 The above picture is from the Canadian Museum of Civilization collection. This Caribou hide bag is circa 1880, and was from the Dogrib area of the NWT.