Bag

NA193C

From: Alaska | Nunivak Island

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA193C
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Nunivak Island
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Salmon Skin | Goose Foot
Description

Circular fish skin bag with sides narrowing to a constricted opening. Fish skin alternates with vertical bands of a light colored material (leather?) with dark stitching along the edges. Small keyhole-shaped pieces of the light colored material are applied at the center of the fish skin panels and have a patch of fur at each of their bases. Bottom is likely leather.

Height 20 cm
Length 45 cm
Width 45 cm
Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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