Handbag/Purse
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Yakama (Yakima)
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1951.
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- Date created
- circa 1920
- Catalog Number
- 21/8041
- Barcode
- 218041.000
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- Object Name
- Handbag/Purse
- Media/Materials
- Cotton canvas, wool cloth, velveteen, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche, cotton thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork
- Dimensions
- 33 x 25 cm
- Place
- Washington; USA
- See related items
- Yakama (Yakima)
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_232406
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws670797426-2323-4169-8cf5-1b70f3f3a166
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