• Culture/People:

    Unangan (Aleut)

  • Object name:

    Sash/Belt

  • Native term:

    aug am chachg u

  • Date created:

    1850-1870

  • Place:

    Aleutian Islands; Aleut Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

  • Media/Materials:

    Sealskin/fur, wood, sinew

  • Techniques:

    Carved, incised, sewn, appliquéd, stitched

  • Collection History/Provenance:

    Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman (1879-1949, did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1915.

  • Dimensions:

    112.4 x 3.6 x 2.0 cm

  • Catalog number:

    4/881

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