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Navajo goat skin bag. Some fur remains on the edges and down the center. Sewn on
Navajo goat skin bag. Some fur remains on the edges and down the center. Sewn on
Object Number 985-27-10/59031
Display Title Navajo goat skin bag. Some fur remains on the edges and down the center. Sewn on
Descriptions
Object Description Navajo goat skin bag. Some fur remains on the edges and down the center. Sewn on both ends and down center to opening. 84.1x29.4 cm.
Inventory Description Bag, skin w/ some patches of fur, oblong, sewn w/ fiber string leaving slit ope
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1985
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Skin, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 84.1 x 29.4 cm (33 1/8 x 11 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-27-10/59031 & 24508
Provenance
Collector William H. Claflin, Jr. (10/1925 - 1985)
Donor William H. Claflin, Jr. (10/1925 - 1985)

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