Pouch

Museum number:
2-5815
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-905 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Flat pouch with scraped white gut panels and transverse inset of specular hematite (more likely is molybdenite) - rubbed gut (black) and red - dyed gut. Braided sinew carrying cord with remnant of wool yarn. White skin (windpipe) trimmed with red and dark brown dyed leather and white seal fur and appliqued braid; plaited sinew string(c.70 cm) some blue, red and black wool yarn on edges, mixed with the plaited sinew.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alutiiq and Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
container
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 13 centimeters and width 14.2 centimeters
Loans:
S2019-2020 #2: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (October 13, 2019–February 27, 2020)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pouch, accession number 2-5815, described as Flat pouch with scraped white gut panels and transverse inset of specular hematite (more likely is molybdenite) - rubbed gut (black) and red - dyed gut. Braided sinew carrying cord with remnant of wool yarn. White skin (windpipe) trimmed with red and dark brown dyed leather and white seal fur and appliqued braid; plaited sinew string(c.70 cm) some blue, red and black wool yarn on edges, mixed with the plaited sinew.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pouch, accession number 2-5815, described as Flat pouch with scraped white gut panels and transverse inset of specular hematite (more likely is molybdenite) - rubbed gut (black) and red - dyed gut. Braided sinew carrying cord with remnant of wool yarn. White skin (windpipe) trimmed with red and dark brown dyed leather and white seal fur and appliqued braid; plaited sinew string(c.70 cm) some blue, red and black wool yarn on edges, mixed with the plaited sinew.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5815, described as Flat pouch with scraped white gut panels and transverse inset of specular hematite (more likely is molybdenite) - rubbed gut (black) and red - dyed gut. Braided sinew carrying cord with remnant of wool yarn. White skin (windpipe) trimmed with red and dark brown dyed leather and white seal fur and appliqued braid; plaited sinew string(c.70 cm) some blue, red and black wool yarn on edges, mixed with the plaited sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5815, described as Flat pouch with scraped white gut panels and transverse inset of specular hematite (more likely is molybdenite) - rubbed gut (black) and red - dyed gut. Braided sinew carrying cord with remnant of wool yarn. White skin (windpipe) trimmed with red and dark brown dyed leather and white seal fur and appliqued braid; plaited sinew string(c.70 cm) some blue, red and black wool yarn on edges, mixed with the plaited sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5815, described as Flat pouch with scraped white gut panels and transverse inset of specular hematite (more likely is molybdenite) - rubbed gut (black) and red - dyed gut. Braided sinew carrying cord with remnant of wool yarn. White skin (windpipe) trimmed with red and dark brown dyed leather and white seal fur and appliqued braid; plaited sinew string(c.70 cm) some blue, red and black wool yarn on edges, mixed with the plaited sinew.

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