Carrying Strap
Pack Strap
NA1267B
From: Alaska | Klukwan
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA1267B |
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. Line designs are cut into the fur in sections at each end, in the center, and between the center and the ends. 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 | 55.5 cm |
Width | 6 cm |
Credit Line | Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905 |
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