Black stroud cloth, edges bound with red cotton cloth, lined with cotton cloth, multicolored beaded floral design, red and green wool yarn pompons near bottom. Specimen is in very poor condition, stroud cloth deteriorated and missing, beadwork missing. Wool stroud cloth, cotton cloth thread, glass beads, hand sewn.
Donor:
A. Wallis Kierulff
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
A. Wallis Kierulff and Harry Newton Kierulff
Collection date:
1890-1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1953
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 16.5 centimeters and length 28 centimeters
Comment:
Note: 2-71291 originally part of 2-30117. See accession envelope for collectors' account of experiences in Alaska.