Bag made of Strips of Esophagus or Gut (intestines) sewn together with Wool Yarn and Decorated with Feathers
Unangax̂ (Aleut)
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 1905
Seal or sea lion gut (intestine), mallard duck feathers (trim), sea duck feathers, cormorant feathers, wool yarn, and commercial thread
Overall: 16 1/8 × 13 3/4 in. (41 × 35 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9798
Geography
Place Made: Bering Sea, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Bag
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Provenance
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Bering Sea, Alaska, probably 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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