Trimmed with moosehair embroidery; sun-like design in yellow moosehair and wool embroidery on one face, many small circles with large circle on opp. face; buckskin; 2 buckskin tassels; red wool trim at top.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Koyukon
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
July 18, 1894
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Production date:
July 18, 1894
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Tobacco bag.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11.7 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Cf. 2-2827.
Loans:
S1987-1988 #16: California Academy of Sciences (September 11, 1987–February 19, 1988) and S1987-1988 #28: Smithsonian Institution (March 1, 1988–August 20, 1991)