Pouch

Museum number:
2-2748
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Object count:
1
Description:
Front panel of red wool stroud with multi-colored floral patterned beadwork, back panel of brown wool cloth, lining of printed cotton cloth, handle of braided wool yarn, front panel has four elongated appendages with pendants of red and blue faceted glass beads and multi-colored wool yarn tassels, back panel has two appendages which match front and two that are half-length, pouch and appendages outlined and edged in white seed beads. Some beads deteriorated and missing. Two panels are tacked together at top, two cotton bias tape loops stitched to back panel at top. Hand sewn. Cf. 2-5769-70, 2-57887. Called octopus bags because of their tentacle-like appendages terminating in eight points, bags such as this were probably produced by the Athabaskan Indians, although they were often collected among the coastal Indians such as the Tlingit who prized them. References: Collins, Henry B. et al, "The Far North," Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1977, p. 159 #203, p. 160 #204. "The Athapaskans: Strangers of the North," National Museum of Man, Ottawa, 1974, p. 114 #157.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Upper Yukon River, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
; Upper Yukon
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pouches
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Called octopus bags because of their tentacle-like appendages terminating in eight points, bags such as this....were probably produced by the Athabaskan Indians, although they were often collected among the coastal Indians such as the Tlingit who prized
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 40 centimeters and width 23 centimeters
Comment:
(continued from Description) ...Two panels are tacked together at top, two cotton bias tape loops stitched to back panel at top. Hand sewn. Called octopus bags because of their tentacle-like appendages terminating in eight points, bags such as this....were probably produced by the Athabaskan Indians, although they were often collected among the coastal Indians such as the Tlingit who prized them highly. Cf. 2-5769-70, 2-57887. References: Collins, Henry B. et al, "The Far North," Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1977, p. 159 #203, p. 160 #204. "The Athapaskans: Strangers of the North," National Museum of Man, Ottawa, 1974, p. 114 #157.
Loans:
S1928-1929 #1: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (May 1929–August 1945) and S1973-1974 #49: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 4, 1973–August 8, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pouch, accession number 2-2748, described as Front panel of red wool stroud with multi-colored floral patterned beadwork, back panel of brown wool cloth, lining of printed cotton cloth, handle of braided wool yarn, front panel has four elongated appendages with pendants of red and blue faceted glass beads and multi-colored wool yarn tassels, back panel has two appendages which match front and two that are half-length, pouch and appendages outlined and edged in white seed beads. Some beads deteriorated and missing. Two panels are tacked together at top, two cotton bias tape loops stitched to back panel at top. Hand sewn. Cf. 2-5769-70, 2-57887. Called octopus bags because of their tentacle-like appendages terminating in eight points, bags such as this were probably produced by the Athabaskan Indians, although they were often collected among the coastal Indians such as the Tlingit who prized them. References: Collins, Henry B. et al, "The Far North," Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1977, p. 159 #203, p. 160 #204. "The Athapaskans: Strangers of the North," National Museum of Man, Ottawa, 1974, p. 114 #157.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pouch, accession number 2-2748, described as Front panel of red wool stroud with multi-colored floral patterned beadwork, back panel of brown wool cloth, lining of printed cotton cloth, handle of braided wool yarn, front panel has four elongated appendages with pendants of red and blue faceted glass beads and multi-colored wool yarn tassels, back panel has two appendages which match front and two that are half-length, pouch and appendages outlined and edged in white seed beads. Some beads deteriorated and missing. Two panels are tacked together at top, two cotton bias tape loops stitched to back panel at top. Hand sewn. Cf. 2-5769-70, 2-57887. Called octopus bags because of their tentacle-like appendages terminating in eight points, bags such as this were probably produced by the Athabaskan Indians, although they were often collected among the coastal Indians such as the Tlingit who prized them. References: Collins, Henry B. et al, "The Far North," Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1977, p. 159 #203, p. 160 #204. "The Athapaskans: Strangers of the North," National Museum of Man, Ottawa, 1974, p. 114 #157.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-2748, described as Front panel of red wool stroud with multi-colored floral patterned beadwork, back panel of brown wool cloth, lining of printed cotton cloth, handle of braided wool yarn, front panel has four elongated appendages with pendants of red and blue faceted glass beads and multi-colored wool yarn tassels, back panel has two appendages which match front and two that are half-length, pouch and appendages outlined and edged in white seed beads. Some beads deteriorated and missing. Two panels are tacked together at top, two cotton bias tape loops stitched to back panel at top. Hand sewn. Cf. 2-5769-70, 2-57887. Called octopus bags because of their tentacle-like appendages terminating in eight points, bags such as this were probably produced by the Athabaskan Indians, although they were often collected among the coastal Indians such as the Tlingit who prized them. References: Collins, Henry B. et al, "The Far North," Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1977, p. 159 #203, p. 160 #204. "The Athapaskans: Strangers of the North," National Museum of Man, Ottawa, 1974, p. 114 #157.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-2748, described as Front panel of red wool stroud with multi-colored floral patterned beadwork, back panel of brown wool cloth, lining of printed cotton cloth, handle of braided wool yarn, front panel has four elongated appendages with pendants of red and blue faceted glass beads and multi-colored wool yarn tassels, back panel has two appendages which match front and two that are half-length, pouch and appendages outlined and edged in white seed beads. Some beads deteriorated and missing. Two panels are tacked together at top, two cotton bias tape loops stitched to back panel at top. Hand sewn. Cf. 2-5769-70, 2-57887. Called octopus bags because of their tentacle-like appendages terminating in eight points, bags such as this were probably produced by the Athabaskan Indians, although they were often collected among the coastal Indians such as the Tlingit who prized them. References: Collins, Henry B. et al, "The Far North," Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1977, p. 159 #203, p. 160 #204. "The Athapaskans: Strangers of the North," National Museum of Man, Ottawa, 1974, p. 114 #157.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-2748, described as Front panel of red wool stroud with multi-colored floral patterned beadwork, back panel of brown wool cloth, lining of printed cotton cloth, handle of braided wool yarn, front panel has four elongated appendages with pendants of red and blue faceted glass beads and multi-colored wool yarn tassels, back panel has two appendages which match front and two that are half-length, pouch and appendages outlined and edged in white seed beads. Some beads deteriorated and missing. Two panels are tacked together at top, two cotton bias tape loops stitched to back panel at top. Hand sewn. Cf. 2-5769-70, 2-57887. Called octopus bags because of their tentacle-like appendages terminating in eight points, bags such as this were probably produced by the Athabaskan Indians, although they were often collected among the coastal Indians such as the Tlingit who prized them. References: Collins, Henry B. et al, "The Far North," Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1977, p. 159 #203, p. 160 #204. "The Athapaskans: Strangers of the North," National Museum of Man, Ottawa, 1974, p. 114 #157.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-2748, described as Front panel of red wool stroud with multi-colored floral patterned beadwork, back panel of brown wool cloth, lining of printed cotton cloth, handle of braided wool yarn, front panel has four elongated appendages with pendants of red and blue faceted glass beads and multi-colored wool yarn tassels, back panel has two appendages which match front and two that are half-length, pouch and appendages outlined and edged in white seed beads. Some beads deteriorated and missing. Two panels are tacked together at top, two cotton bias tape loops stitched to back panel at top. Hand sewn. Cf. 2-5769-70, 2-57887. Called octopus bags because of their tentacle-like appendages terminating in eight points, bags such as this were probably produced by the Athabaskan Indians, although they were often collected among the coastal Indians such as the Tlingit who prized them. References: Collins, Henry B. et al, "The Far North," Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1977, p. 159 #203, p. 160 #204. "The Athapaskans: Strangers of the North," National Museum of Man, Ottawa, 1974, p. 114 #157.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-2748, described as Front panel of red wool stroud with multi-colored floral patterned beadwork, back panel of brown wool cloth, lining of printed cotton cloth, handle of braided wool yarn, front panel has four elongated appendages with pendants of red and blue faceted glass beads and multi-colored wool yarn tassels, back panel has two appendages which match front and two that are half-length, pouch and appendages outlined and edged in white seed beads. Some beads deteriorated and missing. Two panels are tacked together at top, two cotton bias tape loops stitched to back panel at top. Hand sewn. Cf. 2-5769-70, 2-57887. Called octopus bags because of their tentacle-like appendages terminating in eight points, bags such as this were probably produced by the Athabaskan Indians, although they were often collected among the coastal Indians such as the Tlingit who prized them. References: Collins, Henry B. et al, "The Far North," Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1977, p. 159 #203, p. 160 #204. "The Athapaskans: Strangers of the North," National Museum of Man, Ottawa, 1974, p. 114 #157.

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