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Shaman's caribou skin paint bag
Shaman's caribou skin paint bag
Object Number 14-27-10/85692
Display Title Shaman's caribou skin paint bag
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pouch, leather, fringed, orange
Classification
  • Pouch
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Skeena River, Upper
Materials Leather
Dimensions Overall: 33.5 x 9.7 x 1.7 cm (13 3/16 x 3 13/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-27-10/85692
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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