Carrying Strap
Pack Strap
NA1267A
From: Alaska | Klukwan
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA1267A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chilkat | Tlingit |
Provenience | Alaska | Klukwan |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Hide | Bone | Plant Fiber |
Description | Long, rectangular strap or tumpline made from animal hide with brown fur on one side. Each end is slit and then reinforced with a short, bone rod, which is secured to the strap with thread. Wraps around the shoulder or breast and is used to carry heavy loads. |
Length | 52.1 cm |
Width | 5.9 cm |
Credit Line | Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905 |
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