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Pouch, made of skin
Object Number 90-17-10/48418
Display Title Pouch, made of skin
Descriptions
Object Description Skin pouch
Inventory Description Pouch, skin sewn with sinew, painted maroon and blue
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska?
Materials Humpback Whale sinew , Phocini Seal skin , Dog? Wolf? Arctic fox? gut? , Dog? Wolf? Arctic fox? skin? , Phocini Seal gut? , Phocini Seal skin? , Porpoise sinew , Pigment , Silk thread , Wool yarn
Dimensions Overall: 38 x 27 x 1 cm (14 15/16 x 10 5/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 90-17-10/48418/ Indian Pouch
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Donor American Antiquarian Society (01/01/1890)

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