Paint Set

NA5772

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5772
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Leather | Glass | Pigment
Description

Beaded paint case made from animal hide covered with pink pigment. The hide is folded in half and sewn up one edge. Both sides have beaded floral designs in black, green, orange, red, light blue, dark blue, yellow, and pink beads. One end has opening flaps cut horizontally and the opposite end has rounded flaps. The rounded end also has a thick, dark cord attached with a frayed end.

Length 72.6 cm
Width 15 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917
Other Number BG2 - Other Number

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