Handbag/purse
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source in England in 1933 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 18/4949
- Barcode
- 184949.000
- Culture/People
- probably Tuscarora (attributed)
- MAI agent
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Object Name
- Handbag/purse
- Media/Materials
- Velvet, ribbon, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Raised beadwork , overlay beadwork
- Place
- New York; USA
- See related items
- Tuscarora
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Record ID
- NMAI_197396
