Pincushion

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Culture/People: Mohawk [Kahnawake]
Donor: Harriet Phillips Eaton, Non-Indian, 1838-ca. 1930
Possible owner: Harriet Phillips Eaton, Non-Indian, 1838-ca. 1930; Commander Charles Phillips Eaton, Non-Indian, 1863-1922
Honoree: Commander Charles Phillips Eaton, Non-Indian, 1863-1922

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of U.S. Navy Commander Charles Phillips Eaton (1863-1922) or his mother Harriet Phillips Eaton (1838-ca. 1930); donated to MAI in 1922 by Mrs. Eaton in memory of Charles Phillips Eaton.
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Place: Kahnawake Reserve (Caughnawaga Reserve); Montérégie Region; Québec; Canada

See related items: Mohawk [Kahnawake]; Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs: Whimsies

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 11/4982
Barcode: 114982.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs: Whimsies

Object Name: Pincushion
Media/Materials: Velveteen, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads
Techniques: Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, strung, edge beaded

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws678b44a60-24f1-459e-8c6b-6cd0a10bccff

Record ID: NMAI_123519