Bullet Pouch
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Edward Verry
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: A FLAT POUCH, ROUNDED AT THE BOTTOM, SQUARE AT THE TOP, MADE OF BLUE AND RED FELTED CLOTH SEWN ONTO TANNED HIDE. THERE IS BLUE FELT EDGING ALL AROUND. APPLIQUE IN BLUE ON RED AND RED ON BLUE, EACH BORDERED WITH WHITE GLASS BEADS. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO OLD SHIPPING TAG READS, "N.W.C. BY E. VERY, EX EX 36 BOX". EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: Provenience note, in 1841 Oregon Territory encompassed the land from Russian Alaska to Spanish California and from the Pacific to the Continental Divide. The U.S. Exploring Expedition did not go to Canada, but did reach Oregon Territory in 1841, and carried out a hydrographic survey of the Columbia River from its mouth to the Cascades, as well as doing some surveying inland.They had dealings with Hudson's Bay Company staff during that time, and it is probable that the HBC is the source of a number of the Northwest Coast and other artifacts collected by the expedition. This bag has been stored with the Tlingit collections, but may also possibly be Subarctic (Tahltan?? etc.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Mar 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Coast, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2495-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 22 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14 cm