Bag Item Number: 1949.206 A; 1949.206 B from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
A) Skin bag with a central strip of red and white quill decoration. The bag has a long cord attached made from plaited gut, with a blue, white and red woven end decoration. B) Similar bag to A) inside which it is kept. It has a central fringe of red cotton but no quill work.; Good.
Additional description: A) Flattened, creased and slightly warped. Very fragile and brittle. A number of small holes over surface and a small circular repair on one side. Red edging at mouth of bag. Toggle at end of cord. B) Flattened, creased and slightly warped. Very fragile and brittle. Paler in colour than A. Red edging along top and sides. (J.Tanner, April 1998).
Context
The bags are possibly Aleut or Pacific Eskimo (J.C.H.King, Museum of Mankind 121992). The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; Collected by: Swaine.Admiral.Spelman in ? 1791; ?- - 1792; ?- - 1793; ?- - 1794; ?- - 1795
These are two of a number of items which claim to be part of the Vancouver Collection at UCMAA. However, the objects cannot be traced in the Wisbech Museum records. See J.C.H. King in 'Vancouver's Ethnography' in Journal of the History of Collections (1994). (J. Tanner, 1999).
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA and British Columbia, Canada ?
- Received from Vancouver Collection ?, Spelman Swaine ?, H.F. Bird and Wisbech Museum during 1949
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast ?, Eskimo ? or Aleut ?
- Received from
- Vancouver Collection ?, Spelman Swaine ?, H.F. Bird and Wisbech Museum
Where
- Holding Institution
- MAA: University of Cambridge
- Made in
- Alaska, USA and British Columbia, Canada ?
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1949
Other
- Keyword
- Containers; Personal Adornment; Clothing