Object name: Pouch / Collector: unknown / Culture or time period: North American cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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 2-68144, described as V-shaped, flat; large square of cedarbark in checkerweave with cuffs in spiral lattice binding; latter has brown birds and dog in gold-colored ground with red stripes; plaited handle.

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 2-18787, described as Buckskin; rosette type. Bead fringe; beaded rosette pouch, pink, green, yellow, blue beads.

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.

Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5769, described as So-called "octopus bag"; blue trade felt with floral style beadwork on front; 8 elongated appendages (4 front and 4 behind); lined with tan plainweave cloth; pendant tassels of red and blue beads and red/green/black cotton cordage.

Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-18789, described as Buckskin. Beaded fringe; blue, pink, green, red, yellow beads.