Feather Case

NA11746

From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA11746
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Sitka (uncertain)
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Sitka Kaagwaantaan Clan?
Section American
Materials Walrus Intestine
Description

Feather case used to hold feathers or down for sprinkling during the peace ceremony. Made from the stomach of a walrus. Fringed at both ends.

Width 26 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1926
Other Number 118 - Other Number

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