Carrying Strap
Pack Strap
NA5731
From: Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA5731 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Hide | Bone | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Long, rectangular strap or tumpline made from animal hide with brown fur on one side. Each end is slit and then reinforced with a short, bone rod, which is secured to the strap with thread. The bone rods are shallowly carved with incised line designs. Wraps around the shoulder or breast and is used to carry heavy loads. |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917 |
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