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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-1580, described as Bag of woven grass, conical, openweave pattern used throughout, at center of base are two plaited strands of grass, the point at which bag started. Natural straw color.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-2841, described as Swans foot bag (small); vertical applique strips of white rawhide; deerskin strip around mouth; fur tuft ornamentation.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-1660, described as Rawhide net.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-1502, described as Rectangular pieces of red-dyed muskrat tail with fringed sides, deer hair embroidery, bleached leather, red yarn and ground squirrel fur decoration. Flap at top has fish skin wrapping cord and uncarved (seal?) bone fastener. Materials: muskrat, fish skin, deer hair, deer sinew, fur (ground squirrel?), red yarn, unmodified bone (seal?), red (alder-dyed) rectangles of sealskin. Inside decorated with red dye, white reindeer hair embroidery, bleached white skin, red yarn, and remnants of small grey rodent fur trim (ground squirrel?); top flap prob. made of ground squirrel skin. References: See Nelson PL. XLV and text pp, 104-05.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-1555, described as Fishskin bag; oval, pouch construction with vertical side-panels sewn to rounded bottom. Constructed entirely of salmon skin except decorative bands and scallops of scraped gut and hide, with white caribou hair sewn in. Sewn in with sinew in overcast and running stitch.
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-1581, described as Bag of woven grass, conical, row of openwork near top; tight weave used mainly except near bottom where large weave employed, 2 circular appliques at either side of top in which red pigment used to form concentric circles; 2 rawhide ties extend from appliques.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-100, described as Storage or clothing bag, entire spotted or leopard seal, fur out, incl. parts of flippers, with mouth, nose, anus, etc. sewn up. Opening on ventral side between forelegs with leather edging and rawhide drawstring. Sewn with sinew thread. Made with sealskin, depil. leather, rawhide or babiche, twisted sinew thread.
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-1579, described as Bag of loosely woven grass, straw colored, one tie at opening.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-1556, described as Round bottom, tapering sides, narrow mouth, constructed of swans feet, fishskin and bleached leather. Red and blue textile tread sewn in along seams, cotton print fabric edging around mouth. Sewn with sinew thread.
Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 2-1671, described as Covered by coiled rye grass.

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