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Start Over Object name Pouch Collection place Alaska Materials Glass (material)
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.

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