Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Bethel, Alaska, trader Adams Hollis Twitchell (1872-1949), probably between 1905 and 1916; purchased by MAI from A. H. Twitchell in 1919 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik
- Collector
- Adams Hollis Twitchell (A. H. Twitchell), Non-Indian, 1872-1949
- Previous owner
- Adams Hollis Twitchell (A. H. Twitchell), Non-Indian, 1872-1949
- Seller
- Adams Hollis Twitchell (A. H. Twitchell), Non-Indian, 1872-1949
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Object Name
- Bag
- Media/Materials
- Hide, wool cloth, cotton cloth, wool twill tape, cordage, wool yarn, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Sewn, appliquéd, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, tasseled
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
