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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-4290, described as Made of seal gut, ornamented with red and black yarn and white feathers. Gut strips sewn together with waterproof stitches; opening of the same material. A very thin and narrow strip of fish skin, dyed red and blue, sewn into the seam to assume a better water tightness. The seams are also decorated with white down.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-6563, described as Squirrel skin bag, motheaten. Pendant red flannel strips.
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-5803, described as Light skin, with feather and colored string decorations. Gut fringed on 3 sides. Brown dyed gut (?) inserts, red wool trim attached with cross-stitch embroidery. Plaited sinew carrying cord.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-7528, described as With bail handle. Twining with remnant of red and blue wool yarn woven in at top.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-4548, described as Plain twined, openwork. Ornamented with colored wool, braided edge.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6556a,b, described as Knee-height boots, sealskin sole, sealskin uppers. Red felt around boot-top and seams of uppers. Tanned leather ankle straps. skin with epidermis removed, oogruk soles in King Island/Diomede/Wales style.
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6363, described as Back narrowed at grip, full length sinew cable backing. Twisted sinew bowstring. Wood carved; on front side reinforced with a small bundle of braided sinew strings, decorated with tufts of red & black wool (?); the bow string is a strong twisted sinew cord; the section of wood is convex on front & practically flat on back surface. Alutiiq name: qitguyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Coat, accession number 2-6677, described as Seal gut ornamented with feathers and worsted. Each horizontal gore ornamented with feathers and wool worsted fabric; border of neck, sleeves and bottom elaborated with braid on fabric, and fur fringe.
Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6695, described as Bird skin (cormorant ?) parka, feathers out. No hood, straight calf-length hem. Decoration of red cloth and rabbit skin (?) tassels. Depilated, red skin band around hips with gut strips; reindeer and marten (?) on cuffs. Made with Cormorant skin (?), reindeer, marten (?), tanned hide, gut, rabbit skin, woven cloth, cotton thread, sinew thread (?). According to Eskimo consultant Ronald W. Senungetuk, July 1987: "Trim is made of caribou or reindeer, sea otter, ochre dyed bird skin and leather, decorated with red wool fabric, rabbit skin tassels and red band embellished with gut strips sewn above the bottom edge; reindeer hide and marten fur on cuffs. caribou or reindeer skin band turned inside out with seal''s throat skin overlay and danglers made of unborn or newly born fawn skin. Styling is Kodiak which may have been during or after Russian regime but it may be totally traditional." References: Birket-Smith, Ethno. Studies, Copenhagen, 1941, p.124; Hatt, Arct. Anth., 1969, p. 49.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pole, accession number 2-6633, described as Pole surmounted with bird, decorated with grass and embroidery, colored.

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