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Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5805, described as Scraped stomach or intestines, tanned white. Made in 7 horizontal panels, largest one folded over for a seamless bottom. No decoration in side seams. Main decoration is horizontal fringing of seal hair, red yarn, white reindeer hair embroidery and red-painted depilated hide or gut, about 5 cm from bottom. Next, a wide black graphite-painted horizontal panel with white reindeer hair embroidery and loop-fringing, red and gray yarns and threads, and red-painted gut strips. White windpipe skin inset with black & red dyed gutskin and seal fur; trimmed with white quill and red wool yarn. Bag string: braided white cotton yarn into which pink, black tufts of cotton have been mixed, at end a white glass bead.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-14240, described as Twined; braided edge with drawstring decorated with red, white and blue worsted.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-3022, described as For tobacco. Leather with 2 pockets, red stained skin edging and cotton cloth lining. Sinew braid with remnants of red and blue wool inserts attached at top. Old sticker indicates that specimin cost $.50.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-8654, described as Made of seal gut. Drawstring of yellow and magenta with red and yellow tassels. Pouch decorated with red, blue, orange and yellow yarn, and white feathers.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-3037, described as Flat, scraped gut panels (white) decorated with insets of brown and red-dyed gut, plaited sinew carrying cord (broken).
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-10814, described as Small beaded pouch of skin with flap, cloth lining.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-36400, described as Made of gut. 3 pockets. Decorated with feathers, red and blue silk (?) threads and painted alternately red and blue along the margins.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-57887, described as Beaded, front panel only; red wool flannel tradecloth with varicolored floral beadwork; 8 elongated appendanges (4 front and 4 behind), the front ones decorated with beadwork; pendant red and blue glass trade beads with red wool tassels; minor moth damage
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5814, described as 1 - piece pattern with high rounded flap and narrow vertical side seam inserts. Decorated with red and black dyed strips of gut, painted areas of hematite and red pigment. Sinew loops, bundles of whiskers and colored yarns. Edging of depil. sealskin. Appliqued black leather royal crown inside flap. According to Molly Lee (1986) the appliqued designs are derived from Russian examples. Made with bleached leather, tar (?) paint.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5804, described as Small and flat with scraped gut panels. Decorative horizontal strips of rubbed gut, red - dye gut, birdskin, brown gut fringe and reindeer hair embroidery. Long braided sinew cord with yarn tassel. Scraped stomach or intestines tanned white. Body made in 3 horizontal panels: one folded over (to make seamless bottom) and one added on each side to increase depth of bag. Several kinds of decoration. Brown gut fringe sews inot side seams. Decorative hand at mouth of bag (repeated on side where panels are joined) consisting of dark band of graphite-rubbed gut (or depil. skin), 2 narrow red-dyed strips, w/ white reindeer hair embroidery, and strip of birdskin (duck or cormorant) with dark feather side out. Red bands show occasional decorative loops of sinew and reindeer hair. Long double braided sinew cord attached at one corner, w/ red and grey yarn tassel at end. Sewn with fine sinew thread using running stitch throughout.

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