Bag made of Seal Gut

Sugpiaq (Alutiiq)
Western Arctic
Arctic

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collected 1905

Seal gut (intestine), decorated with wool yarn and sea duck feathers, with mallard duck feathers and cotton cloth trim

Overall: 6 × 4 13/16 in. (15.2 × 12.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill

46.17.9800

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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