Object Details
- Culture/People
- Tlingit
- Possible collector
- Bertrand Kingsbury Wilbur, Non-Indian, 1870-1945
- Possible owner
- Helena Wilbur Elliott, Non-Indian, 1863-1927
- Previous owner
- Madeline Elliott Barnes (Madeline Lawrence Elliott/Mrs. Eugene F. Barnes Jr.), Non-Indian, 1892-1971
- Donor
- Madeline Elliott Barnes (Madeline Lawrence Elliott/Mrs. Eugene F. Barnes Jr.), Non-Indian, 1892-1971
- Collection History
- Probably purchased in the Sitka, Alaska, area by Bertrand Kingsbury Wilbur (1870-1945), who worked as doctor in Sitka between 1894 and 1900; given or transferred to his sister Helena Wilbur Elliott and her daughter Madeline Elliott Barnes (Mrs. Eugene F. Barnes Jr., 1892-1971) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Madeline Elliott Barnes in 1950.
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- Date created
- circa 1890
- Catalog Number
- 21/6805
- Barcode
- 216805.000
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- Object Name
- Octopus bag
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads, wool yarn, thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork, edge beaded, braided
- Dimensions
- 102.00 x 32.00 x 20.00 cm
- Place
- Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Tlingit
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_231304
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e5ae969c-f536-481d-8a73-cef5c6707d5f
