Bag

Museum number:
2-19563
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.904
Description:
Tightly woven grass, circular flat bottom, blue pigment used to form pattern of horizontal parallel lines against background of natural straw color.
Donor:
Harwood A. White
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Stewart Edward White
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Accession date:
1947
Context of use:
Bags are used for storing fish, berries, and other food supplies or for storing clothing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 44 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson, pp. 202-3, Pl. LXXIV.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-19563, described as Tightly woven grass, circular flat bottom, blue pigment used to form pattern of horizontal parallel lines against background of natural straw color.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-19563, described as Tightly woven grass, circular flat bottom, blue pigment used to form pattern of horizontal parallel lines against background of natural straw color.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-19563, described as Tightly woven grass, circular flat bottom, blue pigment used to form pattern of horizontal parallel lines against background of natural straw color.

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