Handbag/Purse

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Date created: 1885-1910

Culture/People: probably Mi'kmaq (Micmac) (attributed)

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source circa 1915.
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Place: Nova Scotia; Canada (inferred)

See related items: Mi'kmaq (Micmac); Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 4/1261
Barcode: 041261.000

Object Type: Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Object Name: Handbag/Purse
Media/Materials: Cotton cloth, silk cloth, glass bead/beads, thread
Techniques: Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, strung

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6abe52f42-a54c-4b7b-bdeb-26ac161fec8f

Record ID: NMAI_44079