Pincushion
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- Date created
- 1971
- Culture/People
- Seneca [Allegany]
- Artist/Maker
- Helen Harris (Gyn Doh Awh), Seneca [Allegany], 1921-2001
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1971; 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
- Ontario, New York; Canada, USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Seneca [Allegany]
- Sewing Tools and Equipment
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/1200
- Barcode
- 261200.000
- Object Type
- Sewing Tools and Equipment
- Object Name
- Pincushion
- Media/Materials
- Velvet, satin, glass bead/beads, paper, thread
- Techniques
- Lazy/lane stitch beadwork, sewn, braided
- Dimensions
- 15.6 x 14.6 x 3.7 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_277296