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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 1986-0004-0028   CAS 1986-0004-0028; Pouch
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Pouch
Culture Tlingit (?)
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia or Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data Area near Klukwan, Alaska
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1917
Collection Name N/A
Materials Seal skin (?); Tanned skin; Sinew
Description Small pouch made from single piece of sealskin (?) folded to shape and sewn to tanned leather strip around rim with sinew; No design or decoration; Pouch contains small piece of moss lichen.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.8, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 8.5