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Object Number 25-5-10/98123
Display Title Ornamented bag
Descriptions
Object Description Ornamented bag, possibly a medicine bag.
Inventory Description Bag, skin, cloth lined, embroidered both sides, multicolored thread, drawstring
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Skin, Thread
Dimensions Overall: 14.2 x 10.1 x 0.6 cm (5 9/16 x 4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98123
Provenance
Collector Charles Ashley Weare (01/01/1895-01/01/1900)
Donor John Weare (01/01/1925)

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