Sealskin

Museum number:
2-135
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Prenatal seal skin. White. Trimmed for stretching. Head, legs cut off.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Probably used for decorative trimming on parkas, etc.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 43 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sealskin, accession number 2-135, described as Prenatal seal skin. White. Trimmed for stretching. Head, legs cut off.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sealskin, accession number 2-135, described as Prenatal seal skin. White. Trimmed for stretching. Head, legs cut off.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sealskin, accession number 2-135, described as Prenatal seal skin. White. Trimmed for stretching. Head, legs cut off.

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