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NA787

From: Alaska (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA787
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska (uncertain)
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Plant Fiber | Fur | Feather | Leather
Description

Alternating light and dark strips of plaited plant fiber. Two of the four edges are covered in hide while the other two are rolled plant fiber. One side is decorated with tufts of fur and feathers.

Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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