Bag

Museum number:
2-16889
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.787
Description:
Made of seal gut; decorated with orange and blue yarn; edge overcast with purple yarn; twisted yellow drawstring (holes bound) with pink and blue tassels. Decorated with feathers.
Donor:
A. G. McFarland and Mrs. A. G. McFarland
Collection place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1941
Context of use:
Sounds like late curio item made for sale" fide Lydia Black, 1982.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 18 centimeters and width 15.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: See also 1941-N.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 2-16889, described as Made of seal gut; decorated with orange and blue yarn; edge overcast with purple yarn; twisted yellow drawstring (holes bound) with pink and blue tassels. Decorated with feathers.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 2-16889, described as Made of seal gut; decorated with orange and blue yarn; edge overcast with purple yarn; twisted yellow drawstring (holes bound) with pink and blue tassels. Decorated with feathers.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-16889, described as Made of seal gut; decorated with orange and blue yarn; edge overcast with purple yarn; twisted yellow drawstring (holes bound) with pink and blue tassels. Decorated with feathers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-16889, described as Made of seal gut; decorated with orange and blue yarn; edge overcast with purple yarn; twisted yellow drawstring (holes bound) with pink and blue tassels. Decorated with feathers.

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