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Object Number
88-51-10/49958
Display Title
Housewife
Descriptions
Object Description
Housewife. Possibly a shaman's bag.
Inventory Description
Pouch, needle case, animal skin, fur exterior, multicolor flap, sewn with sinew
Classification
- Pouch
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Yupik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Mainland Alaska
Materials
Skin, Fur, Sinew, Rawhide, Caribou hide
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 28.2 x 0.4 cm (14 9/16 x 11 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49958; [37395], 23
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(01/01/1838-01/01/1886)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(01/01/1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![Housewife [i.e., pouch]](/internal/media/dispatcher/663516/postagestamp)
| 88-51-10/50266 | Housewife [i.e., pouch] |
Pouch
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50198 | Housewife-flap of bag |
Pouch
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50314 | Housewife |
Pouch
|
Port Clarence
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 88-51-10/49959 | Bag, shaman's medicine |
Pouch
Shaft, modified |
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50199 | Housewife, flap of fish skin for trim -or- fish skin object with fur |
Bag
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/52157 | Pouch, leather, fish skin flap, fur and red yarn trim, stitched w/ sinew, mended |
Pouch
|
Alaska
| |
| 09-7-70/74515 | Woven "housewife" |
Pouch
|
Luzon
| |
| 88-51-10/50291 | Bag made of skin, rolled |
Pouch
|
Sledge Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50069.1 | Bag made of fishskin, unrolled |
Bag
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/52158 | Skin pouch, blue & red stitching, fur sewn around edge, with ivory fastener |
Pouch
|
Alaska
| |
|
| 88-51-10/50069.2 | Rolled fishskin bag |
Bag
|
Alaska
| |
| 07-47-10/72346 | Tobacco pouch |
Pouch
|
Alaska
|