Culture/People

Sioux

Artist/Maker

Evelyn Whitethunder, Sioux

Previous owner

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

Object Name

Coin purse

Media/Materials

Commercially tanned leather, glass bead/beads, zipper

Techniques

Loom beadwork , stitched

Dimensions

9.3 x 8 x 1.8 cm

Object Type

Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Place

Turtle Mountain Reservation; Rolette County; North Dakota; USA (inferred)

Date created

circa 1960

Collection History

Acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source at an unknown date; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

Catalog Number

25/8810

Barcode

258810.000

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Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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