Pouch

Museum number:
2-4530
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004530
Alternate number:
x-676 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Rectangular, flat. White-tanned (bleached) deerskin with horizontal bands of sealskin, dyed leather and scraped gut. Clipped white reindeer hide around mouth. Embroidery and red yarn. Short braided sinew hanging line at mouth. Sinew thread, running stitch. Small loops of white reindeer hair sewn around sinew thread. Made with ocher, gut, sinew, yarn, alder dye (?); white reindeer hair embroidery, black gut; sewn in running stitch. Possibly some red alder dye.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alutiiq and Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
Alaska Commercial Company
Materials:
Sinew (material), Whisker (hair material), and Wool (textile)
Taxon:
Castor canadensis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pouches
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
to store women's sewing articles.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 28 centimeters and width 20 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pouch, accession number 2-4530, described as Rectangular, flat. White-tanned (bleached) deerskin with horizontal bands of sealskin, dyed leather and scraped gut. Clipped white reindeer hide around mouth. Embroidery and red yarn. Short braided sinew hanging line at mouth. Sinew thread, running stitch. Small loops of white reindeer hair sewn around sinew thread. Made with ocher, gut, sinew, yarn, alder dye (?); white reindeer hair embroidery, black gut; sewn in running stitch. Possibly some red alder dye.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pouch, accession number 2-4530, described as Rectangular, flat. White-tanned (bleached) deerskin with horizontal bands of sealskin, dyed leather and scraped gut. Clipped white reindeer hide around mouth. Embroidery and red yarn. Short braided sinew hanging line at mouth. Sinew thread, running stitch. Small loops of white reindeer hair sewn around sinew thread. Made with ocher, gut, sinew, yarn, alder dye (?); white reindeer hair embroidery, black gut; sewn in running stitch. Possibly some red alder dye.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-4530, described as Rectangular, flat. White-tanned (bleached) deerskin with horizontal bands of sealskin, dyed leather and scraped gut. Clipped white reindeer hide around mouth. Embroidery and red yarn. Short braided sinew hanging line at mouth. Sinew thread, running stitch. Small loops of white reindeer hair sewn around sinew thread. Made with ocher, gut, sinew, yarn, alder dye (?); white reindeer hair embroidery, black gut; sewn in running stitch. Possibly some red alder dye.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-4530, described as Rectangular, flat. White-tanned (bleached) deerskin with horizontal bands of sealskin, dyed leather and scraped gut. Clipped white reindeer hide around mouth. Embroidery and red yarn. Short braided sinew hanging line at mouth. Sinew thread, running stitch. Small loops of white reindeer hair sewn around sinew thread. Made with ocher, gut, sinew, yarn, alder dye (?); white reindeer hair embroidery, black gut; sewn in running stitch. Possibly some red alder dye.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-4530, described as Rectangular, flat. White-tanned (bleached) deerskin with horizontal bands of sealskin, dyed leather and scraped gut. Clipped white reindeer hide around mouth. Embroidery and red yarn. Short braided sinew hanging line at mouth. Sinew thread, running stitch. Small loops of white reindeer hair sewn around sinew thread. Made with ocher, gut, sinew, yarn, alder dye (?); white reindeer hair embroidery, black gut; sewn in running stitch. Possibly some red alder dye.

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