Bag

Museum number:
2-4534
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-680 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Bag of woven grass, along mouth strands of warp are brought together in little braids about 1 cm in length, spaced at intervals of 1.5 cm. Made with grass in open twining (rye grass leaves).
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Bags are used for storing fish, berries, and other food supplies or for clothing. According to Larry Dawson for storing frozen fish and carriying fresh fish.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 44 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson, p. 202-3, Pl. LXXIV.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #14: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (October 20, 1966–January 20, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Bag, accession number 2-4534, described as Bag of woven grass, along mouth strands of warp are brought together in little braids about 1 cm in length, spaced at intervals of 1.5 cm. Made with grass in open twining (rye grass leaves).Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bag, accession number 2-4534, described as Bag of woven grass, along mouth strands of warp are brought together in little braids about 1 cm in length, spaced at intervals of 1.5 cm. Made with grass in open twining (rye grass leaves).Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bag, accession number 2-4534, described as Bag of woven grass, along mouth strands of warp are brought together in little braids about 1 cm in length, spaced at intervals of 1.5 cm. Made with grass in open twining (rye grass leaves).Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bag, accession number 2-4534, described as Bag of woven grass, along mouth strands of warp are brought together in little braids about 1 cm in length, spaced at intervals of 1.5 cm. Made with grass in open twining (rye grass leaves).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-4534, described as Bag of woven grass, along mouth strands of warp are brought together in little braids about 1 cm in length, spaced at intervals of 1.5 cm. Made with grass in open twining (rye grass leaves).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-4534, described as Bag of woven grass, along mouth strands of warp are brought together in little braids about 1 cm in length, spaced at intervals of 1.5 cm. Made with grass in open twining (rye grass leaves).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-4534, described as Bag of woven grass, along mouth strands of warp are brought together in little braids about 1 cm in length, spaced at intervals of 1.5 cm. Made with grass in open twining (rye grass leaves).

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