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NA8478

From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8478
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wool | Hide | Bead | Cotton | Silk
Description

Ammunition pouch with beaded designs and a thin hide carrying strap is attached at the top. Typical shape with a rounded bottom and a concave upper edge, slightly higher on the sides than in the center. Black wool trade cloth ground. The opening is roughly one quarter of the way down the pouch and has a band of floral design separating it from the main design below. The lower three quarters feature floral beadwork. Beads are white, light blue, dark blue, green, yellow, red, pink, and gray. The edges of the pouch are lined with dark fabric, which is bordered on both sides by white beads. The interior of the border uses smaller beads than elsewhere on the pouch.

Length 24.5 cm
Width 19.5 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918

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