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Tobacco pouch
Object Number 07-47-10/72346
Display Title Tobacco pouch
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pouch, skin, brown and white fur exterior, sewn with sinew, fur trim
Classification
  • Pouch
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nigaluk
  • Nunatarmiut
  • Nunatagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Point Barrow, east of, Mountains inland from coast
Materials Skin, Fur, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 11.1 x 1.4 cm (9 1/16 x 4 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72346
Provenance
Collector Dr. George P. Howe (1906-1907)
Donor Dr. George P. Howe (1907)

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