Gold dust pouch used in Klondike gold strike. Commercial tan-colored cotton, fraying at the top. Rust stains on one side. Collector was a placer miner around North Forks, Grand Forks, Forty Hill, and Bonanza Creek. Receipts, certificates transferred to the Bancroft Library.
Donor:
Mr. W. M. McNeil
Collection place:
Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pouches
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers