Handbag/purse
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by William F. Stiles (1912-1980, MAI curator) in 1931; purchased by MAI from William F. Stiles in 1967.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- circa 1870
- Catalog Number
- 24/1392
- Barcode
- 241392.000
- Culture/People
- Onondaga
- Collector
- William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
- Previous owner
- William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
- Seller
- William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Object Name
- Handbag/purse
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, cotton cloth, ribbon, glass bead/beads, sequins
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork
- Place
- Onondaga Reservation; Onondaga County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Onondaga
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Record ID
- NMAI_256666
- Usage
- CC0
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