Handbag/Purse
name: label: Culture/People
content: Montauk; collected in Brothertown, Wisconsin
label: Previous owner
content: Family of Fowler, Montauk [Brothertown, Wisconsin]
label: Collector
content: Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
label: Previous owner
content: Milwaukee Public Museum (Board of Trustees of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been brought to Wisconsin by the Montauk, probably before 1840; collected by Alanson B. Skinner (1886-1925, MAI staff member) from the Fowler family (Montauk, of Brothertown, Wisconsin) when he was on the staff of the Milwaukee Public Museum (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) between 1920 and 1924, acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Milwaukee Public Museum in 1925.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Made on Long Island, New York; Wisconsin; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Montauk
label: See related items
content: Montauk [Brothertown, Wisconsin]
label: See related items
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 14/2104
label: Barcode
content: 142104.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Handbag/Purse
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool cloth, glass bead/beads, ribbon
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork, raised beadwork, edge beaded
label: Dimensions
content: 12.7 x 11.4 cm