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Object Number 38-44-10/12875
Display Title Mink skin tobacco pouch
Descriptions
Object Description Mink skin tobacco pouch
Inventory Description Pouch, full mink pelt, dried, filled with bark shavings
Classification
  • Pouch
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Haida
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast
Materials Mink hide
Dimensions Overall: 53 x 9.1 x 2.4 cm (20 7/8 x 3 9/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-44-10/12875
Provenance
Owner Grandson of Ohgishtahn
Collector Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman (1888-1916)
Donor Mrs. Henry H. Richardson (May 2, 1938)

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