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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 2-14291, described as Flat basketry pouch with flap. Cedar bark in checker weave, black rectangular designs (rectangles within rectangles). String handle (not found in 1976).

Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-65827, described as One seal skin pouch. There is still a small amount of fur left under the flap. Gut, cloth, and beads comprise the outside of the flap. The inside of the flap is cloth covering cardboard. It is a triangular shape.

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.