Octopus bag
date: label: Date created
content: 1988-1989
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Artist/Maker
content: Alvina Jenny Martinez (Alvina Shields Martinez/Vinnie Jenny Martinez), Tlingit, 1937-2017
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: The Village Store
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from The Village Store (Saxman, Alaska) in 1989; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit
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: 26/2488
label: Barcode
content: 262488.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Octopus bag
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool cloth, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, nylon thread
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, edge beaded , overlay beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 105 x 33.2 x 6.2 cm