Handbag/Purse
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from Charles Henry Mathews (Charlie Matthews, Mohegan/Niantic, 1851-1922) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1820-1850
- Catalog Number
- 1/8703
- Barcode
- 018703.000
- Culture/People
- Niantic
- Previous owner
- Charles Henry Mathews (Charlie Matthews), Mohegan/Niantic, 1851-1922
- Collector
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- Object Name
- Handbag/Purse
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, cotton cloth, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork
- Place
- Near Norwich; Norwich; New London County; Connecticut; USA
- See related items
- Niantic
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- Record ID
- NMAI_19908
