3 piece pattern, white gut. Most decoration damaged or missing. Horizontal decorative bands of sealskin, gut, leather and coating of specular hematite (molybdenite according to Jessica Towns). Long undecorated hanging loop of braided sealskin. Made with graphite-blackened gut; red/white gut; hairless sealskin; Stomach membrane, sinew, gut, seal fur, leather (sp.?), red, purple & black thread, hematite (molybdenite according to Jessica Towns). Running stitch used throughout.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alutiiq and Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Fur (hair material), Graphite (mineral), Gut (animal material), and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pouches
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 21 centimeters and width 18 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Cf. 2-4527.
Loans:
S2019-2020 #2: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (October 13, 2019–February 27, 2020)