Gutskin Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FLAT, GUTSKIN BAG DECORATED WITH RED AND GREEN STITCHING AND TUFTS OF WHITE HAIR. THE TOP OF THE BAG HAS A BAND OF BLACK AND WHITE STRIPED MATERIAL (SEAL ESOPHAGUS) WHICH IS SEWN WITH A RED BAND IN THE CENTER. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PROBABLY ALEUT - L.L.L. 1977."
label: Notes
content: Gut on body of bag is seal gut, and this is most probably Aleut/Unangan, not Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, per Marya Halvorsen, Cultural Education Specialist, Alutiiq Museum, 2015.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kodiak Island (not certain), Aleutian Islands (not certain) / Kodiak Islands (not certain), Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aleut (Unangax^ ; Unangan; Unangas)
label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Koniag
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2127-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 46 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 41 cm