Basket handbag/purse
date: label: Date created
content: 1963
name: label: Culture/People
content: Penobscot
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1964; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Maine; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Penobscot
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: 25/6050
label: Barcode
content: 256050.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket handbag/purse
label: Media/Materials
content: Black ash/brown ash splints, sweetgrass, seagrass cord ("hong kong cord"), synthetic dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Dyed, twisted, wicker-plaited, wrapped, braided
label: Dimensions
content: 23.3 x 12.2 x 20.1 cm