Basket handbag/purse

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Date created: 1967

Culture/People: Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
Artist/Maker: attributed to Sarah Snake White Eagle, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
Previous Seller: Winnebago Handcraft Co-op, 1935-
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: Tipi Shop, Sioux Indian Museum and Crafts Center (Tipi shop)

Collection History: Marketed by the Winnebago Handcraft Co-op (Black River Falls, Wisconsin) and sold or consigned to the Tipi Shop at the Sioux Indian Museum and Crafts Center (Rapid City, South Dakota); purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Tipi Shop in 1968; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place: Wisconsin; USA

See related items: Ho-Chunk (Winnebago); Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/5382
Barcode: 255382.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Basket handbag/purse
Media/Materials: Black ash/brown ash splints, dye/dyes
Techniques: Dyed, twill-plaited, wrapped
Dimensions: 36.4 x 20.8 x 36.8 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63e1c5567-256e-413f-860a-9b9e3353b8bf

Record ID: NMAI_271247