Handbag/purse
name: label: Culture/People
content: Minnesota Chippewa
label: Previous owner
content: Ellen M. Nichols, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
label: Donor
content: Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ellen M. Nichols (a school teacher in Brooklyn, New York); presented by her to the Long Island Historical Society in 1890; lent by the Long Island Historical Society to MAI in 1920; donated to NMAI by the Brooklyn Historical Society in 2020.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Minnesota; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Minnesota Chippewa
label: See related items
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 10/3515
label: Barcode
content: 103515.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Handbag/purse
label: Media/Materials
content: Deerhide/deerskin, velvet, deer hoof/hooves, ribbon, glass bead/beads, thread
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork, edge beaded, braided