Handbag/purse
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by William F. Stiles (1912-1980, MAI curator) in 1929; purchased by MAI from William F. Stiles in 1967.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- circa 1880
- Catalog Number
- 24/1482
- Barcode
- 241482.000
- Culture/People
- Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
- 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
- Cloth (unknown fiber), glass bead/beads, metal bead/beads, thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, lined, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork
- Place
- Nova Scotia; Canada
- See related items
- Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Record ID
- NMAI_256752
