Basket handbag/purse
date: label: Date created
content: 1950-1970
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Eastern Band of Cherokee (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies (Historical Society of Pennsylvania), 1976-2004
label: Previous owner
content: Estella Scott Johnson, Non-Indian, 1910-2001
label: Donor
content: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of Estella Scott Johnson (1910-2001, director of the World Cultures Center at Cheyney State College, Cheyney, Pennsylvania); donated to the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies (part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) by Estella Scott Johnson in 1977; donated to NMAI by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 2005.
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place: label: Place
content: North Carolina; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Eastern Band of Cherokee
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: 26/5544
label: Barcode
content: 265544.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket handbag/purse
label: Media/Materials
content: Cane (Swamp cane/River cane), wood
label: Techniques
content: Twill-plaited, carved
label: Dimensions
content: 33 x 20 x 36 cm