Burden strap/tumpline

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Culture/People: Seneca [Tonawanda]
Collector: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
Previous owner: Vassar Brothers Institute
Donor: Vassar Brothers Institute

Collection History: Collected or purchased from an unknown source by George Heye after 1919; removed from the MAI collection and exchanged by MAI to the Vassar Brothers Institute (an educational society in Poughkeepsie, New York) in 1928; returned to MAI as a gift from the Vassar Brothers Institute in 1948.
Contact Us: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement

Place: Tonawanda Reservation; Niagara County, Erie County, Genesee County; New York; USA

See related items: Seneca [Tonawanda]; Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/4507
Barcode: 024507.000

Object Type: Tools and Equipment (General)

Object Name: Burden strap/tumpline
Media/Materials: Cordage
Techniques: Fingerwoven

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ecc1dc40-f7de-4b88-a1cd-b500d25bc161

Record ID: NMAI_26017