Bag

Museum number:
2-69113
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4555
Description:
Made from seal pup hide with fur. Head and tail removed and ends sewn. Slit cut in pectoral area to form bag. Hide lacing and hide loop at each end.
Donor:
Valene Smith McIntyre
Collection place:
Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Western Alaska
Culture or time period:
Eskimo
Collector:
Valene Smith McIntyre
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Context of use:
Carrying bag.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 67 centimeters and width 34 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-69113, described as Made from seal pup hide with fur. Head and tail removed and ends sewn. Slit cut in pectoral area to form bag. Hide lacing and hide loop at each end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-69113, described as Made from seal pup hide with fur. Head and tail removed and ends sewn. Slit cut in pectoral area to form bag. Hide lacing and hide loop at each end.

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