Bag

Museum number:
2-5803
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005803
Alternate number:
x-893 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Light skin, with feather and colored string decorations. Gut fringed on 3 sides. Brown dyed gut (?) inserts, red wool trim attached with cross-stitch embroidery. Plaited sinew carrying cord.
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:
Cotton (textile), Feather (material), Fur (hair material), Sinew (material), and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 21.7 centimeters and height 16 centimeters
Loans:
S2019-2020 #2: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (October 13, 2019–February 27, 2020)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 2-5803, described as Light skin, with feather and colored string decorations. Gut fringed on 3 sides. Brown dyed gut (?) inserts, red wool trim attached with cross-stitch embroidery. Plaited sinew carrying cord.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 2-5803, described as Light skin, with feather and colored string decorations. Gut fringed on 3 sides. Brown dyed gut (?) inserts, red wool trim attached with cross-stitch embroidery. Plaited sinew carrying cord.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-5803, described as Light skin, with feather and colored string decorations. Gut fringed on 3 sides. Brown dyed gut (?) inserts, red wool trim attached with cross-stitch embroidery. Plaited sinew carrying cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-5803, described as Light skin, with feather and colored string decorations. Gut fringed on 3 sides. Brown dyed gut (?) inserts, red wool trim attached with cross-stitch embroidery. Plaited sinew carrying cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-5803, described as Light skin, with feather and colored string decorations. Gut fringed on 3 sides. Brown dyed gut (?) inserts, red wool trim attached with cross-stitch embroidery. Plaited sinew carrying cord.

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