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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-6516, described as Skin bag; round pouch construction. Bottom and mouth of scraped depilitated deerskin, sides of vertical panels of fishskin and white-tanned depilitated deerskin. Decoration consists of small elongate lozenges of red and bleached leather with fur trim and band of bleached leather around neck of bag. Two leather straps sewn on at mouth. Sinew thread used throughout. Overcast and running stitches. Made with salmon skins from belly and back, deerskin, gut, sinew thread, and fur.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-6563, described as Squirrel skin bag, motheaten. Pendant red flannel strips.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-1615, described as Gold dust bag; thin hide or leather w/glass “seedbead” ornamentation and cotton cloth strips at top. Made by Eskimo for use by gold miners. According to Alaskan Eskimo consultant Ronald L. Senungetuk (July 1987): “This is also a coin bag (ighungquaq in Nome area means imitation rectum) which could hold $1000.00 worth of silver dollars”.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-5796, described as Small circular bag of skin of water birds feet and white gut or leather vertical stripes, base and mouth; red flannel trim.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-6526, described as Part of fishskin bag. Some alternating panels of hide and some decorative overlay with fur inserts.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-6501, described as Small coiled; skin bottom.
Hearst Museum object titled Boat model, accession number 2-4570, described as Model of open skin boat (umiak) with red painted wood frame. 14 rowers inside wearing sealskin parkas and wood hats of various styles. Painted using yellow, white, red and black pigments. Fixtures include 10 paddles and one bow. Replica of liquor flask (black) is inside boat. skin-covered open boat with hunting crew = 12 paddles, 1 steerer (captain with whaler's hat), 1 hunter at the bow with bow & arrow.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6560a,b, described as Fur.
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 Box, accession number 2-3883, described as Small bone box for caps with wooden lid and bottom; thong attaches to the lid. Leather band encircling. Body cut from cross-section of a walrus tusk. Red stained wood and leather.

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