Tobacco pouch

Museum number:
2-5790
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005790
Alternate number:
X-880 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Skin tobacco pouch with white stitching.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Quill (spine material) and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tobacco pouches
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
2-5793
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pouch, accession number 2-5790, described as Skin tobacco pouch with white stitching.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pouch, accession number 2-5790, described as Skin tobacco pouch with white stitching.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco pouch, accession number 2-5790, described as Skin tobacco pouch with white stitching.

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