Burden strap
- Date created
- 1760-1800
- Culture/People
- probably Iroquois (attributed)
- Previous seller
- E. E. Tunmer, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Seller
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- MAI agent
- Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; previously in the collection of E.E. Tunmer; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1908; purchased by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) from W.O. Oldman in 1909.
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- Place
- Ontario, Québec, New York; Canada, USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Iroquois
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 1/9643
- Barcode
- 019643.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Burden strap
- Media/Materials
- Hemp, moosehair, glass bead/beads, dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Dyed, twined, false-embroidered, edge beaded, braided
- Dimensions
- 457.2 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_21000