Bag

NA193E

From: Alaska | Nunivak Island

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA193E
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. Vertical bands along the sides are dark colored with light colored applied arches and a cross at the top. Darker fish skin is stitched above these decorative bands. Bottom is of darker colored material (leather?).

Length 29 cm
Width 21 cm
Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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