Woman's outfit
Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1971; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1971
- Catalog Number
- 25/5497
- Barcode
- 255497.000
- Culture/People
- Seneca [Allegany]
- Artist/Maker
- Helen Harris (Gyn Doh Awh), Seneca [Allegany], 1921-2001
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments
- Object Name
- Woman's outfit
- Media/Materials
- Velvet, cotton cloth, sequins, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork
- Dimensions
- 84 x 42 cm
- Place
- Ontario, Québec, New York; Canada, USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Seneca [Allegany]
- Clothing/Garments
- Record ID
- NMAI_271362
- Usage
- CC0
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