Pouch

Museum number:
2-6938
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
117 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Fishskin pouch. Rounded bottom and sides with small elongate decorations covering holes left by removal of dorasal or ventral fins. Short fishskin strap sewn on at mouth. Some linear decorative edging along seams. Sewn with cotton (?) textile thread and gut thread.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Ingalik
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pouches
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably for food storage.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 36 centimeters and length 44 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-6938, described as Fishskin pouch. Rounded bottom and sides with small elongate decorations covering holes left by removal of dorasal or ventral fins. Short fishskin strap sewn on at mouth. Some linear decorative edging along seams. Sewn with cotton (?) textile thread and gut thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-6938, described as Fishskin pouch. Rounded bottom and sides with small elongate decorations covering holes left by removal of dorasal or ventral fins. Short fishskin strap sewn on at mouth. Some linear decorative edging along seams. Sewn with cotton (?) textile thread and gut thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-6938, described as Fishskin pouch. Rounded bottom and sides with small elongate decorations covering holes left by removal of dorasal or ventral fins. Short fishskin strap sewn on at mouth. Some linear decorative edging along seams. Sewn with cotton (?) textile thread and gut thread.

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