Tobacco pouch

Museum number:
2-5766
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005766
Alternate number:
X-856 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Beadwork tobacco pouch. Tradecloth, beaded top and bottom in glass tradebeads, maroon silk trim and wool yarn closures at opening. Center on top and bottom each has a cross design, one being a Moline cross.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
King Island, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; King Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Athapaskan tribes and Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Fremont Morse
Collection date:
1879
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tobacco pouches
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 12.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pouch, accession number 2-5766, described as Beadwork tobacco pouch. Tradecloth, beaded top and bottom in glass tradebeads, maroon silk trim and wool yarn closures at opening. Center on top and bottom each has a cross design, one being a Moline cross.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pouch, accession number 2-5766, described as Beadwork tobacco pouch. Tradecloth, beaded top and bottom in glass tradebeads, maroon silk trim and wool yarn closures at opening. Center on top and bottom each has a cross design, one being a Moline cross.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pouch, accession number 2-5766, described as Beadwork tobacco pouch. Tradecloth, beaded top and bottom in glass tradebeads, maroon silk trim and wool yarn closures at opening. Center on top and bottom each has a cross design, one being a Moline cross.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pouch, accession number 2-5766, described as Beadwork tobacco pouch. Tradecloth, beaded top and bottom in glass tradebeads, maroon silk trim and wool yarn closures at opening. Center on top and bottom each has a cross design, one being a Moline cross.

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