Tobacco plugs

Museum number:
2-6963
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
51 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Four plugs of tobacco.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tobacco pouches
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Jean-Loup Rousellot (1987) says that these are sign of wealth--only a very rich Eskimo could own these examples of "conspicuous consumption.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 17.4 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco plugs, accession number 2-6963, described as Four plugs of tobacco.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco plugs, accession number 2-6963, described as Four plugs of tobacco.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco plugs, accession number 2-6963, described as Four plugs of tobacco.

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