Pouch

Museum number:
2-1553
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Large oval fishskin pouch; straight sides of alternating red and white fishskin. White, brown and red linear decoration. Blue fabric trim around mouth, sewn with cotton thread. Bag sewn with cotton, sinew and gut thread. Made with fishskin, gut, sinew, alder dye, cotton thread, and fabric.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pouches
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 40 centimeters and length 82 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-1553, described as Large oval fishskin pouch; straight sides of alternating red and white fishskin. White, brown and red linear decoration. Blue fabric trim around mouth, sewn with cotton thread. Bag sewn with cotton, sinew and gut thread. Made with fishskin, gut, sinew, alder dye, cotton thread, and fabric.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-1553, described as Large oval fishskin pouch; straight sides of alternating red and white fishskin. White, brown and red linear decoration. Blue fabric trim around mouth, sewn with cotton thread. Bag sewn with cotton, sinew and gut thread. Made with fishskin, gut, sinew, alder dye, cotton thread, and fabric.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-1553, described as Large oval fishskin pouch; straight sides of alternating red and white fishskin. White, brown and red linear decoration. Blue fabric trim around mouth, sewn with cotton thread. Bag sewn with cotton, sinew and gut thread. Made with fishskin, gut, sinew, alder dye, cotton thread, and fabric.

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