LEGACY: RESILIENCE (detail)

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Large Bag for Clothing Storage
Cup’ik from Hooper Bay, likely early 20th C.
Winter-proce ssed stomach (likely walrus), cotton, fish skin, hide (possibly once fur), cotton cord drawstring, thread.
Collected by Alfred and Elma Milotte in 1946 during filming of “The Alaskan Eskimo.” ASM II-A-6711

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Small Embroidered Bag
Unangax̂, collected 1881–1923.
Intestine (likely fur seal or sea lion), cotton fabric, thread.
Gift of Jess Applegate. Collected by Samuel & Martha Applegate. ASM II-F-61

Small Embroidered Bag with Drawstring
Unangax̂, collected 1881-1923.
Intestine (likely fur seal or sea lion), cotton fabric, embroidery floss, thread.
Gift of Jess Applegate. Collected by Samuel & Martha Applegate. ASM II-F-62

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Tall Bag
Unangax̂ or Alutiiq/Sugpiaq (attributed), early 20th C.
Winter-processed esophagus, muskrat fur, thread.
Collected before 1911 by Lt. George Thornton Emmons, likely through Louis L. Bales. ASM II-A-3021

Canteen
Inupiaq from King Island, collected 1910–1916.
Marine mammal intestine, ivory, wood, leather.
Collected by Dr. Daniel S. Neuman. ASM II-A-4370

For those who suffered the abuse of the Catholic Church and were silenced.
- Sonya Kelliher-Combs

Soft Bag
Unangax̂ or Alutiiq/Sugpiaq or Tlingit (attributed), early 20th C.
Winter-processed bear bladder, red wool trade cloth, patterned cotton fabric, glass beads, thread.
ASM II-A-3077

Doll’s Bag
Unangax̂ or Alutiiq/Sugpiaq (attributed), early 20th C.
Bearded seal intestine, fur, thread.
Collected before 1911 by Lt. George Thornton Emmons, likely through Louis L. Bales. ASM II-A-4369

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Small Decorative Bag
Unangax̂, likely early 20th C.
Intestine (likely fur seal or sea lion), cotton fabric, yarn, thread.
ASM II-F-73

Large Bag
Inupiaq (attributed), early 20th C.
Intestine (rim), fish skin, leather.
Collected before 1911 by Lt. George Thornton Emmons, likely through Louis L. Bales. ASM II-A-2392