II-A-4110
Gutskin;Human-made
Width: 11.5"
Length: 12"
Unknown
Likely Alutiiq or Unangan (Aleut). There is one nearly identical at the Sitka History Museum (86.59.2).
Part of a collection of Alaska Native items collected by Alfred P. Swineford (1836-1909), father of the donor. Swineford was a printer and lawyer who served as governor of the District of Alaska from 1885-9. He also served as inspector general of the U.S. Land Office (1893-1898), publisher of the Ketchikan Mining Journal (1901-1905) and the Daily Miner (1907-1908). Arctic material in the collection may have been gathered by Swineford during a cruise(s) along the coast of Alaska aboard the USS Thetis in 1887 and/or 1888 (but such material might have been acquired as gifts or purchased in curio shops in southeast Alaska)., Gift of Agnes Swineford Shattuck, 1963.
1 pouch, seal gut. Opening edged with black and red painted gut strip. Each strip of gut making up pouch decorated along edge with tufts of red and black or red and blue yarn
Part of a collection of Alaska Native items collected by Alfred P. Swineford (1836-1909), father of the donor. Swineford was a printer and lawyer who served as governor of the District of Alaska from 1885-9. He also served as inspector general of the U.S. Land Office (1893-1898), publisher of the Ketchikan Mining Journal (1901-1905) and the Daily Miner (1907-1908). Arctic material in the collection may have been gathered by Swineford during a cruise(s) along the coast of Alaska aboard the USS Thetis in 1887 and/or 1888 (but such material might have been acquired as gifts or purchased in curio shops in southeast Alaska)., Gift of Agnes Swineford Shattuck, 1963.
1 pouch, seal gut. Opening edged with black and red painted gut strip. Each strip of gut making up pouch decorated along edge with tufts of red and black or red and blue yarn