Carrying Strap
Pack Strap
NA1270
From: Alaska | Klukwan
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA1270 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chilkat | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska | Klukwan |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Hide | Bone |
| Description | Short, diamond shaped strap or tumpline made from animal hide with brown fur on one side. Line and geometric designs are cut into the fur. Tapers at both ends and slit, then reinforced with a short, bone rod. One end has a braided, hide cord attached. Wraps over the forehead and is used to carry heavy loads. |
| Length | 56.5 cm |
| Width | 10.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905 |
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