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Shot bag, leather with bone at the opening-part of the contents of skin bag 6228
Shot bag, leather with bone at the opening-part of the contents of skin bag 6228
Object Number 36-89-10/6230
Display Title Shot bag, leather with bone at the opening-part of the contents of skin bag 6228
Descriptions
Object Description Shot bag, leather with bone at the opening--part of the contents of skin bag, 36-89-10/6228
Inventory Description Bag, leather, sewn with sinew, bone opening, used to hold shot
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms Kaersut; Unamak, not far from
Materials Leather, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 17.6 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm (6 15/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-89-10/6230
Provenance
Collector Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary (1896)
Donor Dr. John C. Phillips (September 14, 1936)

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