Bag

Museum number:
1-255447
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010255447
Accession number:
Acc.3853
Object count:
1
Description:
Leather with beaded, abstract design on one side using red glass, faceted tube beads, black and red seed beads, transparent seed beads, and translucent yellow seed beads. Beaded side is lined with red silk cloth, leather fringe at bottom, leather handle.
Donor:
Edward Briles
Collection place:
Alturas, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Alturas
Culture or time period:
Northeastern California tribes
Collector:
Rosa Gibbons Briles
Collection date:
1900-1920
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 31, 1983
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 18.5 centimeters and width 19 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 1-255447, described as Leather with beaded, abstract design on one side using red glass, faceted tube beads, black and red seed beads, transparent seed beads, and translucent yellow seed beads. Beaded side is lined with red silk cloth, leather fringe at bottom, leather handle.

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