Museum catalogue: Arctic Material Culture Collection
Bag
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Accession no.: | N: 936 | ||||||||||||
Title: | Bag | ||||||||||||
Description: | Bag, seal skin. Iglulingmiut (Iglulik Inuit). Melville Peninsula ?, Nunavut, Canada, 1819-1823. | ||||||||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||||||
Full description: |
Made from dehaired seal skin. Circular base is made from a single piece of dark brown dehaired seal skin. Sides are made from 18 vertical strips of alternating dark brown and cream dehaired seal skin. Sides taper slightly towards circular mouth opening bound with cream dehaired seal skin. Structural sewing is with sinew. |
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