Work Bag Item Number: E168347-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "WOMAN'S."Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 10 on list) appears to attribute this to the Sitka Tlingit of Sitka. List identifies as "Woman's work bag of caribou skin ... containing split quill for ornamental work on clothing, and caribou sinew used in sewing skin clothing, moccasins."
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from U. S. Department of the Navy on April 17, 1894
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Sitka
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
- Received from
- U. S. Department of the Navy
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on April 17, 1894
Other
- Accession Number
- 028072