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Description

A pouch made with caribou skin and decorated with snippets of red wool. A fringe of skin strips around the bottom of the bag shows traces of staining with red ochre. A single large blue bead adorns a hide tie. Pouches of this type were commonly used to hold tobacco.

  • Collection: Macfarlane Collection
  • Catalogue Number: E5128-0
  • Object Type: pouch
  • Materials: hide, sinew, ochre, bead
  • Manufacturing Techniques: cutting, staining, sewing, scraping, beading
  • Tags: container

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