Handbag/purse
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected circa 1880 by Colonel Lewis Douglass Greene (1856-1935); inherited by his son Lieutenant Colonel Douglass Taft Greene (1891-1964); donated to MAI by Lieutenant Colonel Douglass Taft Greene in 1940.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 20/2698
- Barcode
- 202698.000
- Culture/People
- probably Tuscarora (attributed)
- Collector
- Colonel Lewis Douglass Greene, Non-Indian, 1856-1935
- Previous owner
- Colonel Lewis Douglass Greene, Non-Indian, 1856-1935
- Donor
- Lieutenant Colonel Douglass Taft Greene, Non-Indian, 1891-1964
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Object Name
- Handbag/purse
- Media/Materials
- Velvet, 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_216633
