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Object Number
88-51-10/49959
Display Title
Bag, shaman's medicine
Descriptions
Object Description
Shaman's medicine bag
Inventory Description
Pouch, needle case, fur exterior, sewn w/ sinew, glass bead decoration, fur frin
Classification
- Pouch
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Yupik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 14.4 x 0.7 cm (5 1/2 x 5 11/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49959, [37720]
Provenance
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(01/01/1888)
Collector
Unknown
(1838-1886)
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| |
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| |
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|
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| |
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Coat
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North Slope Burough
| |
| 88-51-10/50314 | Housewife |
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| |
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|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/49958 | Housewife |
Pouch
|
Alaska
| |
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|
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| |
| 25-5-10/98125 | Ornamented bag |
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|
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| |
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