Bag

NA193D

From: Alaska | Nunivak Island

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA193D
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Nunivak Island
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Salmon Skin | Goose Foot
Description

Fish skin bag, open at both ends. Light colored vertical bands with red stitching are applied on the sides and meet a horizontal band below the opening. Keyhole-shaped pieces of the light material are also applied throughout the fish skin panels with fur at each of their bases. Small fish skin loop attached at rim.

Length 44 cm
Width 40 cm
Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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