Octopus Bag
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
notes: label: Notes
content: Notes from Sturtevant's personal catalog. 526 Pouch, 10 1/2 x 16 1/2," Front red flannel with beadwork, floral design; four pendants tabs each ending in two black wool tassels (one missing). Bought in 1953 in curio store in Ketchikan, Alaska, by Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Price of Morristown, NJ; gift from them May 1962. Said by seller to be Haida."
label: Notes
content: Mrs Harold Archibald Price is Elizabeth Reed, sister of Phoebe Curtis Reed Sturtevant.
label: Notes
content: While this octopus bag has been identified in Sturtevant records as possibly Haida, it may be of Tlingit manufacture. For comparison see E21581, National Museum of the American Indian Catalog #s 14/7397 and 9/7436, Portland Art Museum Accession No. 1997.216.2, Seattle Art Museum # 91.1.78, American Museum of Natural History # 50.2/6650, and Brooklyn Museum # 08.491.8896.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jun 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Coast, United States (not certain) / Canada (not certain), North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haida (?)
label: Culture
content: Tlingit (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2049174
label: USNM Number
content: E437899-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag