Sewing bag

Museum number:
2-1606
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020001606
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Workbag. Fur (fawn's ears) on exterior, exterior of flap decorated with mink canine teeth, leather applique inside flap, red-dyed leather lining, cotton cloth fastener and pocket.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Neovison vison
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
So called "housewife," i.e. little case for sewing materials. Common throughout the western Arctic for storing materials for sewing and mending.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
24 centimeters
Comment:
References: See Nelson Pl. XLV and text pp. 104-05.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sewing bag, accession number 2-1606, described as Workbag. Fur (fawn's ears) on exterior, exterior of flap decorated with mink canine teeth, leather applique inside flap, red-dyed leather lining, cotton cloth fastener and pocket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sewing bag, accession number 2-1606, described as Workbag. Fur (fawn's ears) on exterior, exterior of flap decorated with mink canine teeth, leather applique inside flap, red-dyed leather lining, cotton cloth fastener and pocket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sewing bag, accession number 2-1606, described as Workbag. Fur (fawn's ears) on exterior, exterior of flap decorated with mink canine teeth, leather applique inside flap, red-dyed leather lining, cotton cloth fastener and pocket.

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