Gun Case
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "This is of seal skin. The front portion is decorated by cutwork and skin and yarn applique."
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=698 , retrieved 7-17-2018: Gun case. The Chukchi acquired various kinds of guns from American whaling ships and the Russian army. This protective case is made of sealskin with decorative stitching and skin appliqué.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Siberia, Russia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chukchi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E359022-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gun Case
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 108 cm