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Object Number
88-51-10/50198
Display Title
Housewife-flap of bag
Descriptions
Object Description
Housewife-flap of bag
Inventory Description
Pouch flap, fur-edged fish skin, sinew sewn, red yarn decoration
Classification
- Pouch
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Norton Sound
Dimensions
Overall: 30.8 x 29 x 2.2 cm (12 1/8 x 11 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50198; [24319], Alaska Turner
Provenance
Collector
Lucien M. Turner
(1876)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(01/01/1888)
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