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Housewife, flap of fish skin for trim -or- fish skin object with fur
Housewife, flap of fish skin for trim -or- fish skin object with fur
Object Number 88-51-10/50199
Display Title Housewife, flap of fish skin for trim -or- fish skin object with fur
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Im-goo-yoo-tuk
Object Description Housewife, flap of fish skin for trim -or- fish skin object with fur
Inventory Description Portion of bag, fish skin flap with fur trim, sewn with sinew
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Materials Fishskin , Fur , Sinew , Dye
Dimensions Overall: 33.5 x 26.5 x 0.6 cm (13 3/16 x 10 7/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50199 Flap of fishki\Alaska & [24312]\Turner
Provenance
Collector Lucien M. Turner (1876)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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