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Object Number
88-51-10/50221
Display Title
Bag, seal skin
Descriptions
Object Description
Sealskin bag
Inventory Description
Seal skin bag, brn/tan spotted coat, flippers intact, opens at chest, flattened
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Norton Sound
Materials
Sealskin
Dimensions
Overall: 87.5 x 33 cm (34 7/16 x 13 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50221
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(1879)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(01/01/1888)
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