Pincushion

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Culture/People: Mohawk [Kahnawake]

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1948.
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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: 21/1232
Barcode: 211232.000

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

Object Name: Pincushion
Media/Materials: Velveteen, glass bead/beads, unknown stuffing
Techniques: Sewn, raised beadwork, overlay beadwork, stuffed
Dimensions: 9.5 x 29.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b71508b7-ee5f-4627-8910-55f4962928b0

Record ID: NMAI_225232