Pack

Museum number:
2-6527
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2720 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Rectangular, one piece of sealskin, fur out, unlined. Two cross chest shoulder straps with wooden fastening pegs. Shallow flap closed by two sealskin straps. Decorative trim, red thread along edge of flap around seams. Sewn with textile and sinew thread.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Hunting pack for transporting small game and hunting paraphernalia.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 32 centimeters and length 38 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pack, accession number 2-6527, described as Rectangular, one piece of sealskin, fur out, unlined. Two cross chest shoulder straps with wooden fastening pegs. Shallow flap closed by two sealskin straps. Decorative trim, red thread along edge of flap around seams. Sewn with textile and sinew thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pack, accession number 2-6527, described as Rectangular, one piece of sealskin, fur out, unlined. Two cross chest shoulder straps with wooden fastening pegs. Shallow flap closed by two sealskin straps. Decorative trim, red thread along edge of flap around seams. Sewn with textile and sinew thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pack, accession number 2-6527, described as Rectangular, one piece of sealskin, fur out, unlined. Two cross chest shoulder straps with wooden fastening pegs. Shallow flap closed by two sealskin straps. Decorative trim, red thread along edge of flap around seams. Sewn with textile and sinew thread.

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