Skin Pouch Item Number: E2228-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/122 , retrieved 1-3-2020: A pouch made from the entire skin of a small animal, minus the head, which had been removed in one piece and with the hair removed. The leg sections still have their claws intact. Four short skin tags have been sewn to the sides, presumably for tightening the pouch.
Item History
- Made in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Received from Roderick R. MacFarlane on December 21, 1866
What
- Name
- Skin Pouch
- Identification Number
- E2228-0
- Type of Item
- bag
Who
- Culture
- Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
- Received from
- Roderick R. MacFarlane
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected in
- Northwest Territories, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on December 21, 1866
Other
- Accession Number
- 66A00090