Handbag/purse

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Culture/People: Seneca
Previous owner: Mattatuck Museum (Mattatuck Historical Society)
Donor: Mattatuck Museum (Mattatuck Historical Society)

Collection History: Collection history unknown; part of the collections of the Mattatuck Museum (Waterbury, Connecticut) until 1967 when it was donated to MAI by the Mattatuck Museum.
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Place: New York; USA

See related items: Seneca; Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 24/1956
Barcode: 241956.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Handbag/purse
Media/Materials: Wool cloth, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads, thread
Techniques: Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, edge beaded

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws662a42e4f-e7b0-402c-be30-57ff2016855a

Record ID: NMAI_257621