Handbag/Purse
- Culture/People
- Menominee (Menomini)
- Collector
- Dr. Paul B. Carter (Paul Branch Carter), Non-Indian, 1860-1919
- Previous owner
- Dr. Paul B. Carter (Paul Branch Carter), Non-Indian, 1860-1919
- Georgia O. Carr (Georgia Orra Carter/Mrs. William P. Carr), Non-Indian, 1865-1916
- U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)
- Joel Prescott Heatwole, Non-Indian, 1856-1910
- East Side Settlement House
- Donor
- East Side Settlement House
- Collection History
- Collected by Dr. Paul Branch Carter (1860-1919) when he lived on the Menominee Reservation circa 1900; given by Dr. Carter to his sister Georgia Orra Carter Carr (Mrs. William P. Carr, 1865-1916); purchased by the US National Museum (later the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History) from Georgia Carr in 1901; exchanged by the US National Museum to Joel Prescott Heatwole (1856-1910, a US Congressman) in 1902; acquired by the East Side Settlement House (a New York City social service organization) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by the East Side Settlement House in 1969.
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- Place
- Wisconsin; USA
- See related items
- Menominee (Menomini)
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 24/3136
- Barcode
- 243136.000
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- Object Name
- Handbag/Purse
- Media/Materials
- Glass bead/beads, cordage, wool yarn
- Techniques
- Gourd stitch/Brick stitch/Netted beadwork, tasseled, sewn
- Record ID
- NMAI_258809