Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Museum number:: 2-5809
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Bags (generic containers)
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: measurements for storage— length 19 centimeters, length 17.5 centimeters, and measurements for storage— width 14 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 2-72101a,b
Culture or time period:: Inuit
Object class:: Baskets (containers)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: Lid (b)— diameter 23 centimeters, Basket (a)— circumference 99 centimeters, and Basket (a)— height 28 centimeters
Collector:: Robert E. Shore
Collection place:: Bethel, Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Collection date:: 1973-1974

Museum number:: 2-6793
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings, 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies, and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 64 centimeters, height 33.5 centimeters, and width 42 centimeters
Collector:: Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:: Western Alaska
Collection date:: 1890-1891

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