Ammunition Pouch
NA9488
From: Alaska | Klukwan
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA9488 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chilkat | Tlingit |
Provenience | Alaska | Klukwan |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wool | Iron | Glass | Shell | Silk |
Description | Ammunition pouch with beaded designs. Typical shape with a rounded bottom and a concave upper edge, slightly higher on the sides than in the center. Black wool trade cloth ground. The opening is roughly one quarter of the way down the pouch and has a shell button closure. Beaded designs on the lower three quarters features a floral garland below, three stars in the upper portion, and a central bear in profile made with skeletal motifs (skull, ribs). Beads are white, blue, green, yellow, red, orange, pink, and metallic gray. The edges of the pouch are lined with red wool bordered by white beads. The interior of the border uses smaller gauge beads than the beadwork along the exterior of the border. |
Length | 27.4 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1923 |
Other Number | 11 - Other Number |
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