Bag

Museum number:
2-13417
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020013417
Alternate number:
195 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.639
Description:
Of fishskin. Red and black flannel trimming. Floral pattern. Motheaten.
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Agnes Ruth Sengstacken
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Main material appears to be gut or esophagus, not fish skin (Natasha Johnson 2/2024)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-13417, described as Of fishskin. Red and black flannel trimming. Floral pattern. Motheaten.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-13417, described as Of fishskin. Red and black flannel trimming. Floral pattern. Motheaten.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-13417, described as Of fishskin. Red and black flannel trimming. Floral pattern. Motheaten.

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