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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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50069.1 | Bag made of fishskin, unrolled |
Bag
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50314 | Housewife |
Pouch
|
Port Clarence
| |
| 25-5-10/98129 | Child's boots |
Boot
|
Alaska
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 88-51-10/49959 | Bag, shaman's medicine |
Pouch
Shaft, modified |
Alaska
| |
| 06-7-10/72371.1 | Bag made of skin with leather decoration |
Bag
|
Alaska
| |
| 25-5-10/98126 | Fur bag |
Bag
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/49960 | Bag made of fishskin and inner membrane |
Bag
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/49961 | Bag |
Bag
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/49962 | Bag |
Bag
|
Alaska
| |
| 11-2-10/83860 | Wallet made of skin |
Needle case
|
Kodiak Island Borough
| |
| 64-10-10/41803 | Woman's fur coat - body of short-tailed weasel; hood of arctic ground squirrel |
Coat
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 69-30-10/2106 | Bag made of intestines |
Raw Material
Bag |
Alaska
|