Octopus bag
name: label: Culture/People
content: Gitxsan (Gitksan)
label: Previous owner
content: C. W. Dawson, Non-Indian
label: Seller
content: C. W. Dawson, Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1948 from C.W. Dawson (probably Clair W. Dawson [1881-1951], a fur trader who operated a store in Hazelton, British Columbia).
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: British Columbia; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Gitxsan (Gitksan)
label: See related items
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 21/949
label: Barcode
content: 210949.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Octopus bag
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool cloth, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads, wool yarn
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork, strung, tasseled