Headband

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Date created: 1969

Culture/People: Seneca
Artist/Maker: Edna Parker (Mrs. Everett Parker), Seneca, 1904-1990
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB agent: Nancy Engle, Non-Indian
IACB source: Edna Parker (Mrs. Everett Parker), Seneca, 1904-1990

Collection History: Purchased by Nancy Engle (Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York) from the artist on behalf of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1969; 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: Basom, Tonawanda Reservation; Genesee County; New York; USA

See related items: Seneca; Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/7039
Barcode: 257039.000

Object Type: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Object Name: Headband
Media/Materials: Glass bead/beads, commercially tanned leather, thread
Techniques: Loom beadwork, wrapped
Dimensions: 101.5 x 1.7 x 0.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws693b7d47c-3422-4e45-a498-36c7a65f45b2

Record ID: NMAI_272924