Bag

Museum number:
1-255446
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3853
Description:
Leather, fully beaded on each side. Design on one side is a butterfly using translucent glass seed beads and faceted beads in various colors; opposite side is a spread eagle design using glass and metallic faceted beads in black, silver, red and transparent. Both designs are stitched to a stiff leather, cloth backed. Beads appear to have been strung on thin wire; top is notched; drawstring missing.
Donor:
Edward Briles
Collection place:
Alturas, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Alturas
Culture or time period:
Northeastern California tribes and Northeastern California tribes
Collector:
Rosa Gibbons Briles
Collection date:
1900-1920
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 31, 1983
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 22 centimeters and length 29 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 1-255446, described as Leather, fully beaded on each side. Design on one side is a butterfly using translucent glass seed beads and faceted beads in various colors; opposite side is a spread eagle design using glass and metallic faceted beads in black, silver, red and transparent. Both designs are stitched to a stiff leather, cloth backed. Beads appear to have been strung on thin wire; top is notched; drawstring missing.

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