Handbag/purse
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source circa 1906.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 1/177
- Barcode
- 010177.000
- Culture/People
- probably Oneida (attributed)
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Object Name
- Handbag/purse
- Media/Materials
- Velveteen, ribbon, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Sewn, raised beadwork, overlay beadwork, edge beaded
- Place
- New York; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Oneida
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Record ID
- NMAI_10585
- Usage
- CC0
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