Pouch

Museum number:
2-5804
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-894 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Small and flat with scraped gut panels. Decorative horizontal strips of rubbed gut, red - dye gut, birdskin, brown gut fringe and reindeer hair embroidery. Long braided sinew cord with yarn tassel. Scraped stomach or intestines tanned white. Body made in 3 horizontal panels: one folded over (to make seamless bottom) and one added on each side to increase depth of bag. Several kinds of decoration. Brown gut fringe sews inot side seams. Decorative hand at mouth of bag (repeated on side where panels are joined) consisting of dark band of graphite-rubbed gut (or depil. skin), 2 narrow red-dyed strips, w/ white reindeer hair embroidery, and strip of birdskin (duck or cormorant) with dark feather side out. Red bands show occasional decorative loops of sinew and reindeer hair. Long double braided sinew cord attached at one corner, w/ red and grey yarn tassel at end. Sewn with fine sinew thread using running stitch throughout.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alutiiq, Kodiak Eskimo, and Koniag
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Fur (hair material), Graphite (mineral), Quill (spine material), Sinew (material), and Skin (collagenous material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pouches
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
container
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 14 centimeters and length 14.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: Similar pouch in Early Collections fr. Pac. Esk., K. Birket-Smith, 1941 pp. 149-150.
Loans:
S2019-2020 #2: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (October 13, 2019–February 27, 2020)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pouch, accession number 2-5804, described as Small and flat with scraped gut panels. Decorative horizontal strips of rubbed gut, red - dye gut, birdskin, brown gut fringe and reindeer hair embroidery. Long braided sinew cord with yarn tassel. Scraped stomach or intestines tanned white. Body made in 3 horizontal panels: one folded over (to make seamless bottom) and one added on each side to increase depth of bag. Several kinds of decoration. Brown gut fringe sews inot side seams. Decorative hand at mouth of bag (repeated on side where panels are joined) consisting of dark band of graphite-rubbed gut (or depil. skin), 2 narrow red-dyed strips, w/ white reindeer hair embroidery, and strip of birdskin (duck or cormorant) with dark feather side out. Red bands show occasional decorative loops of sinew and reindeer hair. Long double braided sinew cord attached at one corner, w/ red and grey yarn tassel at end. Sewn with fine sinew thread using running stitch throughout.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pouch, accession number 2-5804, described as Small and flat with scraped gut panels. Decorative horizontal strips of rubbed gut, red - dye gut, birdskin, brown gut fringe and reindeer hair embroidery. Long braided sinew cord with yarn tassel. Scraped stomach or intestines tanned white. Body made in 3 horizontal panels: one folded over (to make seamless bottom) and one added on each side to increase depth of bag. Several kinds of decoration. Brown gut fringe sews inot side seams. Decorative hand at mouth of bag (repeated on side where panels are joined) consisting of dark band of graphite-rubbed gut (or depil. skin), 2 narrow red-dyed strips, w/ white reindeer hair embroidery, and strip of birdskin (duck or cormorant) with dark feather side out. Red bands show occasional decorative loops of sinew and reindeer hair. Long double braided sinew cord attached at one corner, w/ red and grey yarn tassel at end. Sewn with fine sinew thread using running stitch throughout.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5804, described as Small and flat with scraped gut panels. Decorative horizontal strips of rubbed gut, red - dye gut, birdskin, brown gut fringe and reindeer hair embroidery. Long braided sinew cord with yarn tassel. Scraped stomach or intestines tanned white. Body made in 3 horizontal panels: one folded over (to make seamless bottom) and one added on each side to increase depth of bag. Several kinds of decoration. Brown gut fringe sews inot side seams. Decorative hand at mouth of bag (repeated on side where panels are joined) consisting of dark band of graphite-rubbed gut (or depil. skin), 2 narrow red-dyed strips, w/ white reindeer hair embroidery, and strip of birdskin (duck or cormorant) with dark feather side out. Red bands show occasional decorative loops of sinew and reindeer hair. Long double braided sinew cord attached at one corner, w/ red and grey yarn tassel at end. Sewn with fine sinew thread using running stitch throughout.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5804, described as Small and flat with scraped gut panels. Decorative horizontal strips of rubbed gut, red - dye gut, birdskin, brown gut fringe and reindeer hair embroidery. Long braided sinew cord with yarn tassel. Scraped stomach or intestines tanned white. Body made in 3 horizontal panels: one folded over (to make seamless bottom) and one added on each side to increase depth of bag. Several kinds of decoration. Brown gut fringe sews inot side seams. Decorative hand at mouth of bag (repeated on side where panels are joined) consisting of dark band of graphite-rubbed gut (or depil. skin), 2 narrow red-dyed strips, w/ white reindeer hair embroidery, and strip of birdskin (duck or cormorant) with dark feather side out. Red bands show occasional decorative loops of sinew and reindeer hair. Long double braided sinew cord attached at one corner, w/ red and grey yarn tassel at end. Sewn with fine sinew thread using running stitch throughout.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5804, described as Small and flat with scraped gut panels. Decorative horizontal strips of rubbed gut, red - dye gut, birdskin, brown gut fringe and reindeer hair embroidery. Long braided sinew cord with yarn tassel. Scraped stomach or intestines tanned white. Body made in 3 horizontal panels: one folded over (to make seamless bottom) and one added on each side to increase depth of bag. Several kinds of decoration. Brown gut fringe sews inot side seams. Decorative hand at mouth of bag (repeated on side where panels are joined) consisting of dark band of graphite-rubbed gut (or depil. skin), 2 narrow red-dyed strips, w/ white reindeer hair embroidery, and strip of birdskin (duck or cormorant) with dark feather side out. Red bands show occasional decorative loops of sinew and reindeer hair. Long double braided sinew cord attached at one corner, w/ red and grey yarn tassel at end. Sewn with fine sinew thread using running stitch throughout.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5804, described as Small and flat with scraped gut panels. Decorative horizontal strips of rubbed gut, red - dye gut, birdskin, brown gut fringe and reindeer hair embroidery. Long braided sinew cord with yarn tassel. Scraped stomach or intestines tanned white. Body made in 3 horizontal panels: one folded over (to make seamless bottom) and one added on each side to increase depth of bag. Several kinds of decoration. Brown gut fringe sews inot side seams. Decorative hand at mouth of bag (repeated on side where panels are joined) consisting of dark band of graphite-rubbed gut (or depil. skin), 2 narrow red-dyed strips, w/ white reindeer hair embroidery, and strip of birdskin (duck or cormorant) with dark feather side out. Red bands show occasional decorative loops of sinew and reindeer hair. Long double braided sinew cord attached at one corner, w/ red and grey yarn tassel at end. Sewn with fine sinew thread using running stitch throughout.

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