Object Number | NA1557 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Eskimo |
Provenience | Alaska | Kuskokwim River |
Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Skin | Animal Fiber | Fish Skin |
Description | Fish skin bag. Vertical bands of dark colored skin with light colored arches and a circle with a tail at the top. Arches have cutout designs that resemble human figures. A horizontal band at the top of the vertical bands is done in a similar style. Tall fish skin rim lined with a light strip of material at the opening. |
Height | 42 cm |
Length | 50 cm |
Width | 46 cm |
Credit Line | Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1907 |
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