Pincushion

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Culture/People: Mohawk [Kahnawake]

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1949.
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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: 21/4413
Barcode: 214413.000

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

Object Name: Pincushion
Media/Materials: Velveteen, silk ribbon, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, metal bead/beads, unknown stuffing
Techniques: Sewn, raised beadwork, overlay beadwork, stuffed

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68bdb4de3-11a7-471d-bf34-eb7a06d73d81

Record ID: NMAI_228849