Tobacco pouch

Museum number:
2-15635
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
42 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Pouch of cloth with skin sewn over it, ornamented on edge with small glass beads. Inner red cotton pouch formerly had drawstring. String ties on outer pouch which is in poor condition.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Carleton H. Clark
Collection date:
1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tobacco pouches
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
17.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pouch, accession number 2-15635, described as Pouch of cloth with skin sewn over it, ornamented on edge with small glass beads. Inner red cotton pouch formerly had drawstring. String ties on outer pouch which is in poor condition.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pouch, accession number 2-15635, described as Pouch of cloth with skin sewn over it, ornamented on edge with small glass beads. Inner red cotton pouch formerly had drawstring. String ties on outer pouch which is in poor condition.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pouch, accession number 2-15635, described as Pouch of cloth with skin sewn over it, ornamented on edge with small glass beads. Inner red cotton pouch formerly had drawstring. String ties on outer pouch which is in poor condition.

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