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Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-3676, described as Pouch, of skin of old male prairie dog.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-3675, described as Pouch, of skin of female prairie dog.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 9-21270, described as Man’s leather pouch (to be worn on belt). Back trapeze-shaped buffalo (?) leather, edged with donkey skin. Unlined. Rounded corners. Front wider on top but gathered with a fold into the same shape as the back. Heavy white silk cord runs through two times three holes in front, two holes in back, where the loop can be fastened to the belt. A center panel of doubled brownish cotton-cloth creates two compartments. Front completely covered with split-stitch embroidery on terrra cotta colored silk. The words “A container for a whole mass of Treasures” appear in the lower half among flowers. Wider donkey skin triple-stitched; front holes leather-reinforced. Pouch 19 cm wide at bottom;16.5 at top; height 15 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 4-8265, no description available.
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 4-9124, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-3677, described as Pouch, of skin of young prairie dog.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-3678, described as Pouch, of skin of old male prairie dog.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-48015, described as Skin bag, made from the complete skin of a small mammal, opening at anus.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch: frag w/ cord, accession number 4-8202, no description available.

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