Spleuchan
Other name(s):
purse, leather
Collection ID:
1995.005
Collection:
Social history
Spleuchan or leather purse in two colours with pattern in sewn leather: strap with two white glass beads. Made by Inuit for trade with 19th century Baffin Bay whalers. Brought to Orkney by whaler James Wilson of Flaghill, Graemsay.
