Bag

Museum number:
2-29369
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020029369
Accession number:
Acc.1149
Description:
Made of gut. Single pocket; pentagonal; tufts of red and blue silk thread inserted at front; maroon silk embroidered triangles around edges.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
Harold Heath
Collection date:
1926
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1954
Context of use:
For tourist trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 17.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 2-29369, described as Made of gut. Single pocket; pentagonal; tufts of red and blue silk thread inserted at front; maroon silk embroidered triangles around edges.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 2-29369, described as Made of gut. Single pocket; pentagonal; tufts of red and blue silk thread inserted at front; maroon silk embroidered triangles around edges.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-29369, described as Made of gut. Single pocket; pentagonal; tufts of red and blue silk thread inserted at front; maroon silk embroidered triangles around edges.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-29369, described as Made of gut. Single pocket; pentagonal; tufts of red and blue silk thread inserted at front; maroon silk embroidered triangles around edges.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-29369, described as Made of gut. Single pocket; pentagonal; tufts of red and blue silk thread inserted at front; maroon silk embroidered triangles around edges.

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