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Object Number
88-51-10/50019
Display Title
Bag made of intestine
Descriptions
Object Description
Bag of intestine
Inventory Description
Bag, intestine, hair fringe, red/black trim at opening, woven thread handle/ta
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Aleut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Aleutian Islands
Materials
Eared seal skin , Phocini Seal skin? , Phocini Seal gut? , Caribou sinew , Hair , Thread , Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 13.4 x 13.6 x 0.7 cm (5 1/4 x 5 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50019\[36997]\Aleutian I.\Turner
Provenance
Collector
Lucien M. Turner
(01/01/1875)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(01/01/1888)
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