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Object Number 88-51-10/50069.2
Display Title Rolled fishskin bag
Descriptions
Object Description Fishskin bag, may be for midwife.
Inventory Description Bag, needle case, fishskin with stitched trim, rolled
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Eskimo?
  • Yupik?
  • Aleut?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Bristol Bay
Dimensions Overall: 19.05 x 7.62 x 2.8 cm (7 1/2 x 3 x 1 1/8 in.)
Label on object (55933)
Provenance
Collector Charles L. McKay (ca. 1882)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (01/01/1888)

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