Pouch

Museum number:
2-4529
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-675 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Fishskin pouch, short vertical sides with varying rectangular design, trimmed with bleached skin and red felt, brown threaded deerskin strap at one end with attached babiche lace. Made of salmonskin, leather, babiche, sinew, felt, and cotton thread.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Ingalik, Northern Athapaskan tribes, and North Igylak
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Gut (animal material) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pouches
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Fish skin bag for men.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 41 centimeters and width 18 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann #147. Native name and meaning: "thli lai wick (in Malemute)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-4529, described as Fishskin pouch, short vertical sides with varying rectangular design, trimmed with bleached skin and red felt, brown threaded deerskin strap at one end with attached babiche lace. Made of salmonskin, leather, babiche, sinew, felt, and cotton thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-4529, described as Fishskin pouch, short vertical sides with varying rectangular design, trimmed with bleached skin and red felt, brown threaded deerskin strap at one end with attached babiche lace. Made of salmonskin, leather, babiche, sinew, felt, and cotton thread.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-4529, described as Fishskin pouch, short vertical sides with varying rectangular design, trimmed with bleached skin and red felt, brown threaded deerskin strap at one end with attached babiche lace. Made of salmonskin, leather, babiche, sinew, felt, and cotton thread.

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