Bag

Museum number:
2-1556
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020001556
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Round bottom, tapering sides, narrow mouth, constructed of swans feet, fishskin and bleached leather. Red and blue textile tread sewn in along seams, cotton print fabric edging around mouth. Sewn with sinew thread.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Russian Mission, Yukon River, Yukon
Verbatim coll. place:
; Russian Mission
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Ingalik
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Sack or workbag.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
11 centimeters and 35 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-1556, described as Round bottom, tapering sides, narrow mouth, constructed of swans feet, fishskin and bleached leather. Red and blue textile tread sewn in along seams, cotton print fabric edging around mouth. Sewn with sinew thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-1556, described as Round bottom, tapering sides, narrow mouth, constructed of swans feet, fishskin and bleached leather. Red and blue textile tread sewn in along seams, cotton print fabric edging around mouth. Sewn with sinew thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-1556, described as Round bottom, tapering sides, narrow mouth, constructed of swans feet, fishskin and bleached leather. Red and blue textile tread sewn in along seams, cotton print fabric edging around mouth. Sewn with sinew thread.

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